The Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council was one of 13 regional councils established on 1 November 1989 in nationwide local government reforms.
It was disestablished only three years later on 1 July 1992, when its functions went to the unitary authorities of Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council, and Marlborough District Council.
[1] Kaikoura District had belonged to the Nelson-Marlborough Regional Council, but with the 1992 reform was transferred to the Canterbury Regional Council.
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