 The provinces were reformed again when the New Zealand Constitution Act of 1852 established six provinces with Porirua included in the Wellington Province.In 1876, Provincial Government was abolished and replaced with 36 borough councils and 63 county councils and the Porirua area became the Porirua Riding of the Hutt County, formed in 1877.The Hutt County covered all the area south of the Waikanae River and West of the Remutaka Ranges that lay outside of Wellington City.