Electoral District Boundaries




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

WAKATIPU.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Westland Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the ocean at Big Bay to a point on the summit of the Southern Alps near the source of the Hunter River; thence towards the east generally by the Waitaki and Otago Central Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, to the north-western corner of Section No. 16, Block IX, Glenkenich Survey District; thence towards the south generally by the road forming the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Block VIII, Chatton Survey District, Section No. 56, Block XXI, Sections Nos. 1, 3, 4, and 5, Block III, to the road forming the western boundary of Section No. 29, Block I, Chatton Survey District; thence by the road forming the western boundary of the last-mentioned section and Sections Nos. 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1, Block I aforesaid, and Sections Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Block II, Waikaka Survey District, and Sections Nos. 12, 11, 18, 10, and 9, and the road intersecting Section No. 9, Block I, Waikaka Survey District, to the northern boundary of the Borough of Gore; thence by the northern boundary of the Borough of Gore to the Mataura River; thence by the Mataura River to a point in line with the road forming the northern boundary of Allotment No. 6, Section No. 306; thence by a right line to the last-mentioned road; thence by the road forming the northern boundary of the said Allotment No. 6, Section No. 306, Hokonui Survey District, and the road forming the northern boundary of Allotment No. 5, Section No. 306, the crossing of a road, to the road forming the north-western boundary of Allotment No. 5, Section No. 135, the road forming the north-western boundary of Allotment No. 4, Section No. 135, to the northern corner of Section No. 456; thence by the road forming the northern boundaries of Sections Nos. 456, 122, 282, 488, 489, 490, 491, and 492 to the road intersecting Section No. 493; thence by the last-mentioned road and the road intersecting Sections Nos. 5 and 4, Waimumu Hundred, to the northern boundary of the said Waimumu Hundred; thence by the northern boundary of Waimumu Hundred and the northern boundary of Forest Hill Hundred to Lora Stream; thence towards the west and south-west generally by the said Lora Stream to Section No. 798 (known as Small Grazing-run No. 21), Hokonui District; thence by the said Section No. 798, and Sections Nos. 354 and 179, to Cowan’s Creek; thence by Cowan’s Creek to the road intersecting Section No. 178; thence by that road and its continuation through Sections Nos. 91, 108, and 92, and fronting Sections Nos. 121, 93, 28, 109, 110, 94, 27, 111, 95, 26, 96, 222, and 29, to the Oreti River; thence by the Oreti River to a point due west of Hummock Peak; thence by the summit of the watershed over Mount Look-up and the Thompson Mountains to Round Peaks; thence towards the south by a right line to Moffat Peak; thence by a right line to Mount Eglington; thence again towards the south-west by the summit of the Earl Mountains to a point in line with the Castle Mountains and Cloudy Pass; thence again towards the south by a right line over the said Castle Mountain and Cloudy Pass to Bligh Sound; thence by the said Bligh Sound to the ocean; and thence towards the north-west by the ocean to Big Bay, the place of commencement.

MATAURA.

This district is bounded towards the north and east generally by the Wakatipu and Clutha Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, commencing at the western boundary of the Waimumu Hundred to the middle of the Mataura River at the ocean; thence towards the south by the ocean to a point in line with the western boundary-line of Block XXIII, Invercargill Hundred; thence towards the west by a right line to the said western boundary-line of Block XXIII; thence by that boundary-line and the road forming the western boundary of Block VII, and that road continued northward to the Mabel Bush Road in Section No. 2, Block XI, Invercargill Hundred; thence by the Mabel Bush Road to the north-eastern boundary of the said Block XI; thence by Blocks XI, XII, and XVIII, Invercargill Hundred, to the Makarewa River; thence by the said Makarewa River to the road intersecting Section No. 183, Block I, Forest Hill Hundred; thence by the last-mentioned road and the road intersecting Section No. 184 to the south-western corner of Section No. 187; thence by the road forming the southern boundary of the said Section No. 187, and Sections Nos. 69, 57, and 117, to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by Menzies’ Road to its junction with the road intersecting Section No. 221, Block IX, Forest Hill Hundred; thence by the last-mentioned road to the south-western corner of Section No. 430, Block X; thence by the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to its north-western corner; thence by the north-western and north-eastern boundaries of Section No. 430 aforesaid to the Invercargill Water Reserve; thence by the northern boundary of the said Block X, Forest Hill Hundred, to its junction with the west boundary of Waimumu Hundred; thence by the said west boundary of Waimumu Hundred to the place of commencement.

WALLACE.

This district is bounded towards the north-east generally by the Wakatipu Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the ocean at Bligh Sound to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 257, Hokonui Survey District; thence towards the south and west generally by the road forming the northern boundary of the said Section No. 257 and intersecting Section No. 215 to the Otapiri Stream; thence by the Otapiri Stream to the southern boundary of Section No. 366; thence by the southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 366, 788, and 430 to the south-western corner of the last-mentioned section; thence by the road intersecting Sections Nos. 659, 709, 432, and 363 to the road forming the south-western boundary of the said Section No. 363; thence by the last-mentioned road to the road intersecting Section No. 341; thence by the last-mentioned road to the road forming the northern boundary of Section No. 162; thence by the road forming the northern boundary of the last-mentioned section, Section No. 180, and intersecting Section No. 181 to the Invercargill-Kingston Railway line; thence by the said Invercargill-Kingston Railway line to the northern boundary of the Township of Limehills; thence by the northern and western boundaries of the said township of Limehills to the northern boundary of Winton Hundred; thence by the northern boundaries of Winton and Oreti Hundreds to the north-western corner of Section No. 63, Oreti Hundred; thence by the road forming the south-western boundary of the last-mentioned section to the road intersecting Section No. 53; thence by the road intersecting the said Section No. 53 and Section No. 62 to the western boundary of the last-mentioned section; thence by the road forming the western boundary of Section No. 62 aforesaid to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 51; thence by the southern boundary of the said Section No. 51 and Section No. 61 to the north-western corner of Section No. 44; thence by the road forming the western boundary of the said Section No. 44 and Sections Nos. 43, 80, 86, 89, 90, 91, and 94 to the north-eastern corner of Section No. 183; thence by the road forming the northern and western boundaries of the last-mentioned section and the road forming the western boundary of Section No. 182 to the south-eastern corner of Section No. 69; thence by the southern boundary of the last-mentioned section and the southern boundary of Section No. 25 to the Waimatuku Stream; thence by the said Waimatuku Stream to the ocean; thence towards the south and north-west to Bligh Sound, the place of commencement: including Centre Island, Pig Island, Resolution Island, and adjacent islands.

INVERCARGILL.

This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Waihopai River from the New River Harbour to Mill Road; thence towards the north-east by Mill Road to its junction with Main East Road; thence by the said Main East Road to the eastern boundary of the Borough of Invercargill; thence towards the east generally by the eastern boundary of the Borough of Invercargill to the south-eastern corner of the last-mentioned borough; thence again towards the east by the eastern boundary of the Borough of South Invercargill; thence by the northern, eastern, and south-western boundaries of the said Borough of South Invercargill to New River Harbour; and thence towards the west by the New River Harbour to the place of commencement.

AWARUA.

This district is bounded towards the west and north generally by the Wallace and Wakatipu Districts, hereinbefore described; towards the east generally by the Mataura Electoral District, hereinbefore described; and towards the south-west by Foveaux Strait to the Wallace Electoral District aforesaid, the place of commencement: exclusive of the Invercargill Electoral District, hereinbefore described, and including Stewart Island, Ruapuke Island, Dog Island, and all adjacent islands.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

J. G. WARD,
Prime Minister.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.




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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1911, No 76





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🏛️ Description of Wakatipu Electoral District Boundaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral districts, Boundaries, Wakatipu, Westland, Waitaki, Otago Central, Hunter River, Big Bay

🏛️ Description of Mataura Electoral District Boundaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral districts, Boundaries, Mataura, Wakatipu, Clutha, Invercargill, Mabel Bush Road, Makarewa River

🏛️ Description of Wallace Electoral District Boundaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral districts, Boundaries, Wallace, Wakatipu, Hokonui, Otapiri Stream, Invercargill-Kingston Railway

🏛️ Description of Invercargill Electoral District Boundaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral districts, Boundaries, Invercargill, Waihopai River, New River Harbour, South Invercargill

🏛️ Description of Awarua Electoral District Boundaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Electoral districts, Boundaries, Awarua, Wallace, Wakatipu, Mataura, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island

🏛️ Proclamation of Electoral District Boundaries

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
26 September 1911
Proclamation, Governor, Prime Minister, Electoral districts, Boundaries
  • His Excellency the Right Honourable John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Baron Islington, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
  • J. G. Ward, Prime Minister