<page_title> Provinces of New Zealand </page_title> <section_title> Creation </section_title> <table> <cell> Hawke's Bay <col_header> Province </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 November 1858 <col_header> Formed date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Wellington <col_header> Formed from </col_header> </cell> <cell> Marlborough <col_header> Province </col_header> </cell> <cell> 1 November 1859 <col_header> Formed date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Nelson <col_header> Formed from </col_header> </cell> <cell> Southland <col_header> Province </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25 March 1861 <col_header> Formed date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Otago <col_header> Formed from </col_header> </cell> </table>
Hawke's Bay Province separated from Wellington on 1 November 1858; Marlborough Province from Nelson on the 1st of November 1859, and Southland Province from Otago in 1861.