Electoral District Boundaries




Sept. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1589

that road to the south-eastern corner of Subdivision No. 1 of Allotment No. 57; thence again towards the south by the southern boundary-line of the said Subdivision No. 1 to original Allotment No. 11 of Section No. 10, Suburbs of Auckland; thence again towards the south-west by the said Allotment No. 11 to Oaklands Road; thence again towards the south by that road to Mount Eden Road; thence by a line across the latter road to Valley Road; thence again towards the south-west generally by the said Valley Road to Mount Roskill Road, at the Eden Electoral District; thence towards the west by the Eden Electoral District, hereinbefore described; and again towards the north and north-west by the City of Auckland Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the place of commencement.

MANUKAU.

This district is bounded towards the north and north-east generally by Hobson Bay, Waitemata Harbour, and the Hauraki Gulf respectively to Maungamaungaroa Creek; thence towards the east generally by the left bank of that creek to a point in line with the southern boundary-line of Section No. 23, Parish of Pakuranga; thence by a right line to the southernmost corner of that section; thence by the road which forms the eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 80, 116, and 98 of the said parish to Section No. 239; thence by Sections Nos. 239, 240, and 241 of the said parish, and the road which forms the eastern boundary of Section No. 104 to the road which forms the western boundary of Section No. 174; thence by that road and its continuation passing Sections Nos. 217, 270, 271, 273, and 275, Parish of Pakuranga, to Section No. 192; thence by the abuttal of a road and Sections Nos. 274, 117, 131, 178, 177, and 138, Parish of Pakuranga, to the northernmost corner of Section No. 153, Parish of Manurewa; thence by the said Section No. 153, and Sections Nos. 96 and 95 to the road which forms the south-western boundary of Section No. 94, Parish of Manurewa; thence towards the south-west by that road and its continuation passing Sections Nos. 94, 93, 92, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 27A, 33, 32, 30, 40, 39, 38, 12, and 11, all of the said Parish of Manurewa, to Section No. 13; thence by the road intersecting Sections Nos. 13, 10, and 9, Parish of Manurewa, and its continuation across the Tamaki River to the western shore thereof; thence towards the north-west and south by the western shores of the said Tamaki River to the Tamaki Portage Road; thence towards the south generally by that road to Manukau Harbour; thence by the said Manukau Harbour to the Eden Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at Section No. 75, near the Wairaki Stream; and thence again towards the north-west generally by the said Eden Electoral District and the Parnell Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to Hobson Bay: including the islands of Motutapu, Motuihi, Rakino, Rangitoto, and Brown’s.

FRANKLIN.

This district is bounded towards the north-west generally by Manukau Entrance, Manukau Harbour, and by the Manukau Electoral District, hereinbefore described; towards the north generally by the Hauraki Gulf; towards the east by the Firth of Thames to the Puwhenua Stream; thence towards the south by the southern boundary-line of the Wharekawa No. 4 Block (No. 1473) to its south-western corner; thence again towards the east by the eastern boundary-lines of Sections Nos. 102, 103, 55, and 57, Block IV., Opaheke Survey District, to the Waikaka Block (No. 1656); thence by that block, and the Mangatangi, Poupipi, and Wharekawa No. 2 Blocks respectively, to Section No. 48A (timber reserve), Block XII., Opaheke Survey District; thence again towards the south generally by the said Section No. 48A to its north-western corner; thence by a right line to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 12, Parish of Otan; thence by the eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section, and the eastern and southern boundary-lines of Section No. 13, to the road which forms its western boundary; thence by that road and its continuation northerly, passing Sections Nos. 13, 12, and 11, to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the road which forms part of the north-western boundary of Section No. 130 to Section No. 129, Parish of Opaheke; thence by that section to the road at its north-western boundary; thence by that road and its continuation, passing Sections Nos. 129 and 131, to Section No. 117; thence by the said Section No. 117 and the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 118 to the northernmost corner of that section; thence by the said Section No. 118 and Sections Nos. 115, 245, and 246, Parish of Opaheke, to the road forming the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Section No. 172; thence by that road to Section No. 171; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 169 and 166 to the road which forms the western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by that road and its continuation, passing Sections Nos. 22, 198, 218, and 163, Parish of Opaheke, and on to the Great South Road intersecting Sections Nos. 49 and 50, Parish of Opaheke; thence

towards the north-east by the Great South Road to the Mangatawhiri River; and thence by that river to the Waikato River; thence again towards the south and towards the south-east generally by the left bank of the said Waikato River to the ocean; and towards the west by the ocean to Manukau Entrance, the place of commencement: including the islands of Waiheke, Ponui, Pahiki, Rotoroa, Puketutu, and adjacent islands, and the islands in Manukau Harbour.

THAMES.

This district is bounded towards the north-east generally by the ocean, from Cape Colville to the North Head of Tairua Harbour; towards the south-west by a right line drawn in a north-westerly direction from the north head of Tairua Harbour in the direction of the source of the Waikawau River as far as the Waiwawa River; thence towards the south-east generally by the said Waiwawa River and its tributary the Taitoko Stream to the source of the latter; thence by the Waiwhakaurunga and Mangarehu Blocks (formerly timber leases of 14,186 acres and 1,825 acres respectively) to the Mangakirikiri No. 1 Block (No. 3387A); thence by that block to its southernmost corner; thence by the summit of the range leading to the northern boundary-line of Section No. 2, Block V., Thames Survey District; thence by the said Section No. 2, the Karaka South No. 1 Block (No. 2597), and the left bank of Karaka Creek to the eastern boundary-line of the Borough of Thames (as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 16, 7th February, 1896); thence by the eastern boundary-lines of the said Borough of Thames to the south-eastern corner of that borough; thence towards the south, and again towards the south-west and towards the north respectively by the southern, south-western, and northern boundary-lines of the said borough of Thames to Rocky Point; and thence towards the west generally by the Firth of Thames: including Great Mercury, Cuvier, and adjacent islands.

OHINEMURI.

This district is bounded towards the north-west and north-east by the Thames Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the southern boundary of the Borough of Thames at the Firth of Thames to the northern head of Tairua Harbour; thence towards the east by Tairua Harbour and the ocean to the Waihi River; thence towards the south-east by a right line in the direction of the summit of Te Aroha Mountain as far as the summit of the main range between the Thames River and the Bay of Plenty; thence towards the north-east by the summit of the said range to a point due east of the northernmost corner of Section No. 29, Block XII., Aroha Survey District; thence towards the south by a right line to that corner; thence again towards the south-east by the said Section No. 29 and Section No. 28 to the Thames River; thence towards the south-west by the said Thames River to a point due west of the summit of Te Aroha Mountain; thence again towards the south by a line due west to the Confiscation boundary-line (the last-mentioned line being the boundary between the Counties of Piako and Waikato); thence towards the west by the said Confiscation line, running northerly to where it last crosses the Waitakaruru Stream; thence again towards the north-west by the said Waitakaruru Stream to the Firth of Thames; and thence by the Firth of Thames to the southern boundary-line of the Borough of Thames: including Slipper Island.

WAIKATO.

This district is bounded towards the north-west generally by the Franklin Electoral District hereinbefore described, from the mouth of the Waikato River to the Firth of Thames; thence towards the east generally by the Firth of Thames to the mouth of the Waitakaruru Stream; thence by the Ohinemuri Electoral District hereinbefore described and the Confiscation boundary-line respectively to Pukemoremore Trig. Station (No. 50); thence by a right line in the direction of Opuhau Trig. Station as far as a point due east of the north-eastern corner of Section No. 173, Parish of Hautapu; thence towards the south generally by a right line to the said corner; thence by the said Section No. 173, and Sections Nos. 172, 171, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 77, 76, 63, 62, 61, 60, 59, 58, and 98, all of the Parish of Hautapu, to the westernmost corner of the last-mentioned section; thence towards the south-east by the abuttment of a road, and by Sections Nos. 155, 153, 152, 151, 150, 148, and 147, of the Parish of Hautapu, to the Waikato River; thence again towards the north-east by the said Waikato River to the western boundary-line of Section No. 20, Parish of Pukekura; thence again towards the south-east by that section and the road forming the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 23 and 28 to the road intersecting Sections Nos. 108, 107, 106, 105, 109, 104, and 103 of the said Parish of Pukekura; thence by that road and its continuation southerly intersecting Section No. 225 to Section No. 133, Parish of Punui; thence again towards the north-east by Section No. 225, Parish of Pukekura, to the Mangapiko Stream; thence



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🏛️ Proclamation of New Electoral Districts for the North Island (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
24 September 1896
Boundaries, Waitemata, Eden, City of Auckland, Parnell, Manukau, Franklin, Thames, Ohinemuri, Waikato, Electoral districts