A law called the Local Government Act 1974 has a part about how areas are set up and changed. You can find information about how this part of the law was changed on the New Zealand legislation website. This part of the law was actually repealed, which means it is no longer in effect, and this happened on 1 November 1989.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM417423.
47: Interpretation, or
"What special words mean in the law about local districts"
49: Electors may request constitution of new district or alteration of boundaries of existing district, or
"You can ask to create a new area or change an existing area's borders, but this is no longer allowed."
