Electoral District Boundaries




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 41

kiwa Lake, and by the College land; again towards the South-west generally by the last-mentioned boundary and Blocks Nos. 13, 142, 12, 141, 11, and 140, Maraekakahu Survey District, to the north-western corner of the said Block No.140; thence by a right line to the Mangaonuku River, at the westernmost corner of Block No. 24, Maraekakahu Survey District; thence by a line along the middle of the Mangaonuku River to its source, by Blocks Nos. 3 and 1, Maraekakahu and Wakarara Survey Districts, by Blocks Nos. 1 aforesaid and 5 to the Mangamauku River, and by a line along the middle of that river to its source; thence by a right line to the junction of the Makarora River with the north branch of the Waipawa River; thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 30, on Aorangi; and thence by a right line to Trig. Station No. 32.

WAIPAWA.

This district is bounded towards the North-east and North-west generally by the Hawke’s Bay Electoral District, hereinbefore described; again towards the North-east and towards the South-east by the ocean and the right bank of the Porangahau River, by the Mangaoraka Stream to its confluence with the Tangaruhe Stream, and by the latter stream to its source; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of the Mangatoro Block; thence by a right line over Trig. Station No. 27 to the Mangapuaka Stream at the south-western corner of Block No. 77, in the Mangatoro Survey District; thence by the said Mangapuaka Stream to its confluence with the Wangai Stream; again towards the North-west by the said Wangai Stream to the Whatatuna Stream, and by the said Whatatuna Stream to the southern boundary-line of Block No. 83 in the Takapau Survey District, by that boundary-line to the Mangapurakau Stream; thence by that stream and the Waikopiro Stream to the north-western boundary-line of Block No. 69, in the Takapau Survey District; again towards the North-west by that boundary-line to the south-western boundary-line of Block No. 120, in the Ruataniwha Survey District; thence by the south-western and north-western boundary-lines of that block and the southern and western boundary-lines of Block No. 234 to the Makaretu River, by that river to its source; and thence by a right line due west to the summit of the Ruahine Range; and towards the West by the summit of the said Ruahine Range.

RANGITIKEI.

This district is bounded towards the North-west by the Electoral Districts of Waitotara and Hawke’s Bay, hereinbefore described; towards the East by the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to a point due east of the source of the Oroua River; towards the South-east generally by a right line to the source of the said Oroua River, and thence by that river to the Borough of Feilding; towards the South-west generally by the said Borough of Feilding to Section No. 47, Block X., Oroua Survey District, by the said Section No. 47 and Sections Nos. 46, 45, 44, 43, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, and 53, and the road-line forming a portion of the north-eastern boundary of the said Section No. 53 produced to the road forming the north-western boundary of Section No. 1, Block V., Oroua Survey District; again towards the North-west generally by that road and its continuation to the Town District of Halcombe, by the said Town District of Halcombe, and the road fronting Sections Nos. 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, and 73, Block IX., Oroua Survey District, and Sections Nos. 79 and 81, Block XII., Rangitoto Survey District, and by Sections Nos. 89 and 88 of the said Block XII. to the County of Manawatu; again towards the South-west by the said County of Manawatu to the Rangitikei River; again towards the South-east by the said Rangitikei River to the ocean; and towards the West by the ocean.

MANAWATU.

This district is bounded towards the North-west generally by the Rangitikei Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the County of Manawatu to the summit of the Ruahine Range; towards the South-east by the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described, and the summit of the Ruahine Range, across the Manawatu River, and by the summit of the Tararua Range to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 274, Arawaru Survey District; towards the South-west by a right line to the said Section No. 274, by that section to the road forming its north-western boundary, and by that road continued past Sections Nos. 263, 261, and 259 of the said Arawaru Survey District, Sections Nos. 258, 283, 257, 255, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 209, 208, 204, and 205, Block XV., Kairanga Survey District, to the Manawatu River; towards the South by that river; again towards the South-west and North-west by the south-western and north-western boundary-lines of the Borough of Palmerston North and the road forming the south-eastern boundary of Sections Nos. 1535, 526, 509, 1531, and 508, Block VII., Kairanga Survey District; again towards the South-west by the road forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 56, Manchester Block, to the railway-line, and by the railway-line to the Oroua River; thence across that river and by the County of Manawatu to the Electoral District of Rangitikei.

FOXTON.

This district is bounded towards the North-west by the Rangitikei Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the North-east generally by the said Rangitikei Electoral District and the Manawatu Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the summit of the Tararua Range; towards the South-east by the summit of the said Tararua Range; towards the South by the County of Hutt to the watershed between the Waikanae and the Akatarawa Rivers, and by that watershed and the western watershed of the Akatarawa and the Hutt Rivers, over Trig. Stations Maunganui and Titi, to Wainui Trig. Station; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 48, Horokiwi Valley, Block III., Paikakariki Survey District, and by the said Section No. 48 and the southern boundary-line of the Tunupo Block to the ocean; and towards the West by the ocean: including Kapiti Island.

WOODVILLE.

This district is bounded towards the North-east generally by the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by the ocean; towards the South-west by the County of Wairarapa North to the summit of the Puketoi Range; again towards the South-east generally by the summit of the said Puketoi Range to Puketoi Trig. Station; thence by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No. 50, Puketoi Survey District, by that section and Section No. 51 to the Tiraumea River, by that river to its confluence with the Waitawhiti Stream, by the said Waitawhiti Stream to Section No. 174 of the said Puketoi Survey District, by the said Section No. 174, and Section No. 175, and the western boundary-line of the latter section produced to the Taueru River, by that river to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of Section No. 143, Block II., Mangapakeha Survey District, by the said Section No. 143 and its northern boundary-line produced to the dividing-line between the College and the Educational Reserves; thence by the latter reserve, and Section No. 131, Block I., Mangapakeha Survey District; again towards the South-west generally by Sections Nos. 21, 17, 18, 101, and 100, Block IV., Kopuaranga Survey District, by a public road and the Wangaehu Valley Road to a point in line with the northern boundary-line of Section No. 103, Block III., of the said Kopuaranga Survey District, and by a right line bearing 295° 30' magnetic from the last-mentioned point to the Tararua Range; and towards the North-west by the summit of the said Tararua Range.

MASTERTON.

This district is bounded towards the North-west generally by the Woodville Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by the ocean; towards the South-west generally by the County of Wairarapa South; and again towards the North-west by the summit of the Tararua Range.

WAIRARAPA.

This district is bounded towards the North-east generally by the Masterton Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by the ocean; towards the South-west by Palliser Bay to Cape Turakiru; and towards the North-west by the summit of the Rimutaka Range and the summit of the Tararua Range.

HUTT.

This district is bounded towards the North-west generally by the Foxton Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by the Wairarapa Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-west generally by Cook Strait and Port Nicholson to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary-line of Section No. 12, Block XII., Belmont Survey District, by a right line to that section; thence by Section No. 12 aforesaid to the Town District of Johnsonville, by the said Town District of Johnsonville, by Section No. 91 (Native reserve), Section No. 13 (Native reserve), Block III., Port Nicholson Survey District, and Section No. 12 (Native reserve), and Sections Nos. 68, 70, and 112 of Block I. of the said Port Nicholson Survey District to Cook Strait; and again towards the North-west by Cook Strait: including Mana Island and Somes Island.

WELLINGTON SOUTH AND SUBURBS.

This district is bounded towards the North-east by the Hutt Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the South-east by Port Nicholson to the northern boundary of the City of Wellington; towards the South-west and again towards the South-east by the said City of Wellington to the westernmost corner of Section No. 56, Tinakori District; thence by the Orangikaupapa Native Reserve; towards the South by Section No. 30, Block VI., Port Nicholson Survey District; again towards the North-east generally by the said



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4 July 1887
Electoral Districts, Boundaries, Proclamation, Representation Act 1887