Electoral District Boundaries




Feb 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 547

OROUA.

This district is bounded towards the north by the Rangitikei Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the Rangitikei River to the summit of the Ruahine Range: thence towards the south-east by the summit of the Ruahine Range to the Manawatu Gorge; thence towards the south by the Palmerston North–Napier Railway-line to Section No. 47, Block III, Gorge Survey District, and by the last-mentioned section to the Ashhurst–Bunnythorpe Road; thence by the Ashhurst–Bunnythorpe Road to the Wellington–New Plymouth Railway-line; thence by the said railway-line to the Oroua River; thence by that river by Section No. 1, Block I, Kairanga Survey District, to the road leading from Awahuri to Feilding Borough; thence by the said road to Section No. 85 of Block XVI, Oroua Survey District; thence by that section and a line bearing 354° 11′ magnetic from a point on the southern boundary-line of the said Section No. 85, distant 796 links from Awahuri Road, to the road forming the southern boundary of Section 132, Block XVI, Oroua Survey District; thence by the road fronting Sections 132, 131, 128, 127, 123, 122, 117, 115, 109, 110, and 111 to north-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 26 and 144 (Native reserve), and the eastern and southern boundary-lines of Section No. 99, Block XII, Rangitoto Survey District: and thence towards the west by the Rangitikei River to the place of commencement.

MANAWATU.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Rangitikei Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the mouth of the Wangaehu River to the Rangitikei River: thence towards the east generally by the Oroua Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the junction of the Wellington–New Plymouth Railway-line, with the road known as the Bunnythorpe–Kairanga Line; thence by the Bunnythorpe–Kairanga Line to Section No. 1598, Block IX, Kairanga Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 1598, 1595, and 1596 to Jackytown Road, by Jackytown Road to the Palmerston North–Foxton Railway-line; thence by that railway-line to the Oroua River, by the Oroua River to its confluence with the Manawatu River; thence by the Manawatu River to the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 51, Ferry Reserve, in Block VII, Mount Robinson Survey District: thence towards the south generally by that road to the Foxton–Shannon Road; thence by the Foxton–Shannon Road to the Borough of Foxton; thence by the southern side of Union Street to Nye Street; thence by the eastern side of Nye Street to Purcell Street; thence by the southern side of Purcell Street to the Foxton–Levin Road, by the Foxton–Levin Road to the south bank of the Manawatu River, and by the south bank of the Manawatu River to the sea: and thence towards the west by the sea to the mouth of the Wangaehu River, the place of commencement.

PALMERSTON.

This district is bounded towards the north by the Oroua Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the junction of the Bunnythorpe–Kairanga Line with the railway-line to the Manawatu Gorge: thence towards the east by the summit of the Tararua Range to the Palmerston–Pahiatua Road: thence towards the south generally by the Palmerston–Pahiatua Road to the northernmost corner of Section No. 290, Block XVI, Kairanga Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 290 and 266 to the Manawatu Bridge Road, and by that road to the Manawatu River; thence by the Manawatu River to the Wellington–New Plymouth Railway-line; thence by that railway-line and the Foxton Railway-line to Jackytown Road: and thence towards the north-west generally by the Manawatu Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the place of commencement.

WAIPAWA.

This district is bounded towards the north-east by the Hawke’s Bay Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the summit of the Ruahine Range to the sea: thence towards the east by the sea to Black Head: thence towards the south generally by Section 36, Block II, Blackhead Survey District, to the Township of Blackhead, by that township and Section No. 33, by Blocks Nos. 1, 4, 2, 27, 26, and again by 2 to the Huatokitoki Stream; thence by the Huatokitoki Stream and Tauraekaitai Stream, to the confluence of the last-mentioned stream with the Mangaongaonga Stream, by the Mangaongaonga Stream to Eparaima G Block, by that block to the Purimu Lake, by the Purimu Lake and the Purimu Stream a point in line with the western boundary of Block No. 36; thence by a line to and by that block to the Turaekaitai Stream; thence by the Turaekaitai Stream to its source near Trig. Station W (XLIII); thence by a right line to that trig. station; thence by a right line to the source of the Whangai Stream, and by that stream to Block No. 77; thence by the said Block No. 77 to the Mangapuaka Stream, and by that stream to its confluence with the Manawatu River; thence by the Manawatu River to the Tahoraite-Wainui Road, by that road to its junction with the Tahoraite-Woodville Road; thence by the latter road to the road intersecting Tahoraite No. 2 Block in a northerly direction between the Tamaki River and the Otamaraho Stream; thence by that road to Tamaki No. 2A Block; thence to the southernmost corner of that block, and by its south-western boundary and the south-western boundary of Tamaki No. 2 Block to the summit of the Ruahine Range: and thence towards the west generally by the summit of the Ruahine Range to the place of commencement.

PAHIATUA.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the summit of the Ruahine Range to the sea at Black Point: thence towards the south-east by the sea to the mouth of the Mataikona River: thence towards the south-west generally by the Mataikona River to its confluence with the Pakowai Stream; thence by the Pakowai Stream to Section No. 819, Block XIII, Aohanga Survey District; thence by that section and Sections Nos. 18 and 21 to the Makoura Stream, by the Makoura Stream to Section No. 222, Block XII, Puketoi Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 222, 20, and 2 to the Waihoki Valley Road; thence by that road to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 33, Block V, Aohanga Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 33 and 32, of the said Block V, and Sections Nos. 13 and 9, Block VIII, Puketoi Survey District, to the Alfredton–Weber Road, by that road to the easternmost corner of Section No. 8, Block IV, Puketoi Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 8, 9, 10, and 2, of the said Block IV, and Sections Nos. 13, 10, 9, and 23, Block III, Puketoi Survey District, and the north-eastern boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the summit of the Puketoi Range; thence by the summit of that range to the Makuri–Aohanga Road; thence by the said Makuri–Aohanga Road to Section No. 17, Block XIV, Makuri Survey District; thence by that section and its northern boundary-line produced to the Makuri River; thence by the Makuri River to its confluence with the Tiraumea River, by the Tiraumea River to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 2, Block VIII, Makuri Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 2, 1, and 3, of the said Block VIII, and the western boundary of the last-mentioned section produced to the Tiraumea River; thence by the Tiraumea River to its confluence with the Mangaone River; thence by the Mangaone River to Mitchell’s Road, by Mitchell’s Road to Mangaramarama South Road, by Mangaramarama South Road to Rock Road, by Rock Road to the Makakahi River; thence across that river and by Bridge Road to the Wellington–Woodville Railway-line; thence by that railway-line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 43, Block X, Mangahao Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 43 and 40, of the said Block X, to the Mangahao River; by that river to Section 8 of the said Block X, and by that section to Komoskis Road; thence by Komoskis Road to Omata Road, by Omata Road to Pinfold’s Road, and by Pinfold’s Road to the forest reserve; and thence by a right line bearing north 45° west to the summit of the Tararua Range: thence towards the north-west by the summit of the Tararua Range to the Manawatu Gorge; and thence by the summit of the Ruahine Range to the place of commencement.

MASTERTON.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Pahiatua Electoral District from the summit of the Tararua Range to the Makoura Stream at the western boundary-line of Section No. 19, Block XII, Puketoi Survey District: thence towards the south-east generally by that section and Sections Nos. 2, 1, and 192, Block XVI, and 187, Block XI, to the Waitawhiti Stream; thence by the Waitawhiti Stream to the north-western corner of Section No. 174, Block XI; thence by Section No. 174, Block XI aforesaid, Sections Nos. 175 and 823, Block XV, Puketoi Survey District, and the north-western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to the Taueru River; thence by the Taueru River to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 149, Block II, Mangapakeha Survey District; thence by the southern and western boundary-lines of that section and the western boundary-line of Section No. 148 to its northernmost corner; thence by a right line to the easternmost corner of Section No. 26, Block I, Mangapakeha Survey District; thence by Sections Nos. 26, 25, 24, 23, and 22, of the said Block I, Sections Nos. 21, 20, and 19, Block IV, Kopuaranga Survey District, and Sections Nos. 140, 141, and 211, Block VIII, to Mangarei Road; thence across that road and by Sections Nos. 111 and 112, Block VII, and the western boundary-line of the last-mentioned section produced to Section No. 210; thence by the north-eastern boundary-line of that section to its easternmost corner; thence



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

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
7 February 1907
Electoral districts, North Island, Representation Commission, Boundaries