✨ Electoral District Boundaries
Oct. 12. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3903
road district; thence along the south-east and south west
boundaries of the said road district to the road intersection
hereinbefore mentioned; also includes the Rangiaohia Road
District less that portion now included in the Rotorua
Electoral District; bounded on the north by the Ruapaha
Stream from its junction with the Waipa River and the
southern boundary of the Te Awamutu Town District to its
intersection with the road forming the western boundary of
Sections 126 to 129 of Puniu Parish; thence along the said
road to its junction with another road at the south-east corner
of Section 6 of the said parish; thence along the said road
forming the western boundary of Sections 17, 16, 197, and
198, the northern boundary of Sections 198 and 193, the
eastern boundary of Sections 187 to 190, the northern boundary
of Sections 190 and 340, intersecting Sections 336, 133, and
346, and thence to its intersection with the north-western
boundary of the said road district; thence by that boundary
and the south-east and south-west boundaries of the said
road district to the Ruapaha Stream above mentioned.
TAURANGA.
This district comprises the whole of the Tauranga County,
less the Katikati Road District included in Ohinemuri Electoral
District, less also portion of the Maketu Riding lying to the
east of the Kaikopukopu River now included in Rotorua
Electorate; includes the Boroughs of Te Aroha and Tauranga,
the Morrinsville and Matamata Town District, the southern
portion of Morrinsville Riding, the whole of the Kiwitahi,
Walton, Manawaru, and Te Aroha Ridings, and part of the
Cambridge Riding of Waikato County hereinbefore described;
also the Taotaoroa and Matamata Ridings of Matamata
County.
ROTORUA.
This district comprises the whole of the Whakatane and
Rotorua Counties, the whole of the Matamata County less
the Taotaoroa and Matamata Ridings included in the Tauranga
Electoral District above mentioned; the whole of the East
Taupo County, portion of the Pukekura and Rangiaohia Road
Districts of Waipa County not included in the Waikato
Electoral District hereinbefore described, and the Kihikihi
Town District, and that part of the West Taupo County
lying on the north-east side of the existing Taumarunui
Electoral District boundary.
BAY OF PLENTY.
This district comprises the whole of the Waiapu, Opotiki,
and Waikohu Counties; the Tolaga, Pakarae, Waimata,
Pouawa, Hangaroa, and Patutahi Ridings of Cook County;
the Ormond Road District and Taruheru Road District,
Divisions I and III, and the Patutahi Town District; also
that portion of the Waikaremoana Riding of Wairoa County
lying to the north of the existing Hawke’s Bay Electoral
District boundary.
GISBORNE.
This district includes the Boroughs of Gisborne and Wairoa,
Mangapapa Town District, Waingake, Muriwai, and Whatau-
poko Ridings of Cook County, the Mahia Riding of Wairoa
County, and the Titirangi Road District.
HAWKE’S BAY.
This district includes the Wairoa County less the Borough
of Wairoa and Mahia Riding already included in the Gisborne
Electoral District; the Borough of Hastings; the whole of
the Petane Riding of Hawke’s Bay County, less that portion
already included in the existing Napier Electoral District;
the whole of the Puketapu and Okawa Ridings of the said
county; that portion of the Clive Riding of the said county
lying between the Ngaruroro and Tukituki Rivers and the
sea-coast; also that part of the Heretaunga Riding lying
between the existing electoral district boundary and the
northern boundary of the said riding; also that portion of
the Meeanee Riding lying to the west of road forming the
western boundary of Sections 12, 14, 15, and 18, Block XII,
Heretaunga Survey District, and the western boundary of the
said riding.
NAPIER.
Napier District comprises the existing Electoral District
of Napier less that portion of the Puketapu Riding now
included in the Hawke’s Bay Electoral District hereinbefore
mentioned; also less that portion of the Meeanee Riding
contained between the road forming the northern boundary of
Sections 22, 23, 25, 30, 31, 33, 42, and 44, Block II, Clive
Survey District.
WAIPAWA.
Waipawa District includes the Waipawa and Waipukurau
Boroughs; the Havelock, Otane, Ormondville, and Norsewood
Town Districts; the whole of the Waipawa and Waipukurau
Counties; the whole of the Erewhon, Maraekakaho, and
Havelock Ridings of Hawke’s Bay County; the whole of the
Heretaunga Riding less that portion already included in the
Hawke’s Bay Electoral District hereinbefore mentioned; the
whole of the Oero, Taumumu, and Eparaima Ridings of
Patangata County; the whole of the Norsewood and Ormond-
ville and Matamau Ridings of Dannevirke County.
PAHIATUA.
Pahiatua District comprises the Dannevirke and Pahiatua
Boroughs; the whole of the Weber and Woodville Counties;
the Dannevirke, Mangatoro, Ngapaeruru Ridings of Danne-
virke County; the Porangahau Riding of Patangata County;
the Waihi and Akitio Ridings of Akitio County; the whole
of Mangahao, Mangatainoka, Kohinui, and Makiro Ridings,
and those portions of the Tararua, Konini, Mangaone, and
Kaitawa Ridings of the Pahiatua County lying north of the
existing electoral district boundary, which remains unaltered.
MASTERTON.
Masterton District comprises the existing Electoral District
of Masterton with the addition of that portion of the Opaki
Riding bounded on the south-west by the Waingawa River to
its junction with the road bounding Sections 123, 124, 103,
97, 96, and 95 of Block IV, Tiffin Survey District, to its
junction with the Upper Plain Road; thence along that road
to its junction with the road intersecting Sections 10, 12, 13,
14, 15, 16, 17, and 71, Block XV, Mikimiki Survey District;
thence along the south-east and east boundary of Sections 9
and 70 of Block XI of the said survey district; thence along
the southern boundary of Sections 67, 72A, 73, 74, and 3 of
the said block and survey district; thence along the northern
boundary of Sections 2, 4, 5 of the said block and survey
district; thence along the northern boundary of Sections 4,
3, and 2 of Block X of the said survey district to the Waingawa
River; thence along the boundary of the Masterton County
to its junction with the Tararua Range.
WAIRARAPA.
Wairarapa District comprises the existing Electoral District
of Wairarapa less that portion of the Opaki Riding of the
Masterton County now included in the Masterton Electoral
District hereinbefore described.
HUTT.
Hutt District comprises the existing Hutt Electoral Dis-
trict less the Upper Hutt Town District and that portion of
the Mungaroa Riding of the Hutt County already included
in the Otaki Electoral District hereinafter described.
WELLINGTON NORTH.
Wellington North District comprises the existing Wellin-
ton North Electoral District less that portion lying to the
west of Plunket Street at its junction with the existing Wel-
ington North Electoral District boundary; thence by Plunket
Street to Upland Road; thence by the said road to Boundary
Road; thence along the said road to the south-west boundary
of Section 354, and along the said south-west boundary to
the Main Karori Road, and along that road to its junction
with Patanga Crescent; thence along the said Crescent and
the production of same to the south-western corner of the
Town Belt; and thence by the western boundary of the said
Town Belt to the existing Wellington North Electoral District
boundary.
WELLINGTON CENTRAL.
Wellington Central District comprises the existing Wellin-
ton Central Electoral District less that portion bounded on
the north by Dixon Street, on the east by Willis Street, on
the south by Ghuznee Street, and on the west by The Ter-
race; also less that portion bounded on the north by Lamb-
ton Harbour, on the east by Taranaki Street, on the south
by Dixon Street, and on the west by Cuba Street.
WELLINGTON EAST.
Wellington East District comprises the existing Wellington
East Electoral District, the boundaries of which are unaltered.
WELLINGTON SOUTH.
Wellington South District comprises the existing Wellin-
ton South Electoral District less that portion bounded on the
north by Britomart Street and Herald Street, on the east
by Russell Terrace, on the south generally by Leraud Street,
Adelaide Road, and Chilka Street, and on the east by Stanley
Street.
WELLINGTON SUBURBS.
Wellington Suburbs comprises the existing Wellington
Suburbs and Country District Electoral District less that
portion now included in the Otaki Electoral District herein-
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VUW Te Waharoa —
NZ Gazette 1917, No 155
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NZ Gazette 1917, No 155
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