✨ District Boundary Definitions
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
the Province of Canterbury; on the East by the
ocean; on the South by the Horse, Kakanui Hawk-
den Ränges; and on the West by Mount St. Bathan's
and the continuation of the Dunstan Mountains to
the Province of Canterbury.
EAST TAIERI DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded on the North by
Waikouaiti District; on the East by Dunedin Dis-
trict; on the South by the ocean; and on the West
by the Taieri River.
WAIKOUAITI DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the East
from Shag Point by the ocean to the Dunedin Regis-
tration District; thence towards the South by the
Dunedin Registration District to Silver Peak Hills;
by Silver Peak Hills to a point due east of Allen's
Creek; thence to Allan's Creek, and by the said
creek to the Taieri River; thence towards the West
by the Taieri River to Fillyburn; thence towards the
North by a line due east to the Oamaru Registration
District; and thence by the said district to the
starting point.
WAKATIF DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the North
by the Province of Canterbury; towards the East by
the Wanaka, Arrow, Dunstan, and Nokomai Regis-
tration Districts; towards the South by the Province
of Southland and the ocean; and towards the West
by the ocean..
WAREPA DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the North
by the Nokomai Registration District; towards the
East by the Manuherikia, Mount Benger, and
Gabriel's Registration Districts, and by the Clutha
River, Koau Branch; towards the South by the
ocean; and towards the West by the Province of
Southland.
WEST TÄIERF DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the North
by the Lammermoor Ranges and Sutton's Stream;
towards the East by Waikouaiti and East Taieri
Districts; and towards the South and West by
Tokomairiro and Gabriel's Districts.
MOUNT BENGER DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from the north-west corner of Gabriel's Registration
District in a northerly direction, and parallel to the
Clutha River, to Spylaw Burn at its source; thence
by Spylaw to the Pomahaka River; thence to Wart
Hill; thence to White Coomb; thence by the Um-
brella Mountains to a point due west of Jordan
Creek; thence of Jordan Creek at its junction with
the Clutha River; thence to South Roughridge Hill;
thence along the western boundary of Hamilton
Registration District to the Lammerlaw; and thence
in a south-westerly direction by the boundary line
of Gabriel's Registration District to the starting
point.
MANUHERIKIA DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
in a westerly direction from White Coomb to the
Wakaia River; thence by the Wakaia River to the
White Coomb Creek; thence by the Ranges to Rocky
Mount; thence to the Obelisk; thence in a northerly
direction to a point due west of Earnscleugh Burn;
thence to Earnscleugh Burn at its junction with the
Clutha River; thence parallel to the Manuherikia
River to Spottis Burn; thence in a southerly direc-
tion to the Raggedy Range; and by the watershed
of Manor Burn to South Roughridge Hill; thence
in a westerly direction by the boundary of Mount
Benger Registration District.
GABRIEL'S DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
in a northerly direction twenty chains distant from
and parallel to the Clutha River, from a point oppo-
site Crookburn to a point opposite Beaumont Burn;
thence to and along Beaumont Burn to its source;
thence to the Lammerlaw; thence along the Ranges
to Maungatua Hill; thence by the boundary of the
West Taieri Hundred to a point south-east of Waita-
huna Hill; thence over Waitahuna Hill to the water-
shed between the Waitahuna and Tuapeka Rivers;
thence to Crookburn at its source; and thence along
Crookburn and across the Clutha River to the start-
ing point.
NOKOMAI DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from Lorn Peak to Rocky Mount; thence by the
Ranges over the Steeple and East Dome to the
boundary of the Province of Southland; thence by
the boundary of the Province of Southland to a point
two miles above Allenburn; and thence in a north-
easterly direction to Lorn Peak, the starting point.
DUNSTAN DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from the northern corner of Manuherikia Registra-
tion District to the Dunstan Creek at its junction
with the Manuherikia River; thence by the said
creek to the Dunstan Mountains; thence to Park
Burn at its junction with the Clutha River; thence
by Park Burn to its source; thence to Kirtleburn at
the junction of its first feeder; thence by Kirtleburn
to the Kawaurau River; thence by the Kawarau
River to a point due north of Ben Nevis; thence by
the Ranges to Lorn Peak; thence by the Nokomai
and Manuherikia Registration Districts to the start-
ing point.
BLACKSTONE DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the North
by a line proceeding from the northern corner of the
Dunstan Registration District to Mount St. Bathan's;
towards the East by the Oamaru Registration Dis-
trict; towards the South by the Hamilton Registration
District; and towards the West by the Manuherikia
and Dunstan Registration Districts.
HAMILTON DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded by a line proceeding
from Lammerlaw along the watershed of the Upper
Taieri River to South Roughridge Hill; thence to
North Roughridge Hill; thence to Mount Ida;
thence by the Oamaru, Waikouaiti, and West Taieri
Registration Districts to the starting point.
WAITAHUNA DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the North
and East by Gabriel's Registration District; towards
the South by the Tokomairiro Registration District
and towards the West by the Clutha River.
NORTH MOLYNEUX DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded towards the North
by Deucher Burn; thence to Stoney Creek; thence
by Stoney Creek to the Tuakitoto Lake; thence
towards the East by the eastern shore of the Tuaki-
toto Lake to Two Stone Creek; thence by Two Stone
Creek to the leading ridge direct to Wangaloa Creek;
thence by Wangaloa Creek to the ocean; thence
towards the South by the ocean to the Clutha River;
and thence towards the West by the Clutha River
and its Koau branch to the junction of Deucher
Burn, the starting point.
TOKOMAIRIRO DISTRICT,
comprises all that area bounded from the Clutha
River by the northern boundary of the North Toko-
mairiro and West Taieri Hundreds to the Waipori
River; thence by the Waipori River and Lake and
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Continuation of Proclamation Defining Otago Registration Districts
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration11 December 1865
Otago, District boundaries, Registration districts, Canterbury, Southland, Taieri, Waikouaiti, Wakatipu, Warepa, Mount Benger, Manuherikia, Gabriel's, Nokomai, Dunstan, Blackstone, Hamilton, Waitahuna, North Molyneux, Tokomairiro
NZ Gazette 1865, No 48