✨ Electoral District Boundaries
Feb. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 467
EGMONT.
This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Taranaki and Stratford Districts, hereinbefore described, from the ocean to the Egmont Electoral District (as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911) at the Koane Road at its junction with the southern boundary of Block V, Taurakawa Survey District; thence towards the south-east generally by the said Egmont Electoral District to the north-eastern corner of Mokoia Riding (as existing on the 1st day of September, 1917) at Trig. Station A (Tarere); thence by the northern boundary of the said riding to its intersection with the Whareroa Road; thence by that road to the Ohangai Road; thence by that road to its intersection with the Mangimangi Stream; thence by that stream to the south-eastern boundary of Section 165, Block VI, Hawera Survey District; thence by the south-eastern and north-eastern and north-western boundaries of Section 164 to the Austin Road; thence by the Austin Road to Waihi Road; thence by Waihi Road to the said Ohangai Road; thence by the Ohangai Road to Ketemarae Road; thence by Ketemarae Road to the South Road; thence by the South Road to the Ohawae Road; thence by the Ohawae Road and the south-eastern boundary of Section 2, Block VIII, Waimate Survey District, to the ocean; thence towards the south-west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement.
PATEA.
This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Egmont and Stratford Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from the ocean to the Patea Electoral District (as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911) at the confluence of Tangarakau and Wanganui Rivers; thence towards the north-east and east by the said Patea Electoral District to the eastern boundary of the Borough of Wanganui, on the right bank of the Wanganui River (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the eastern, northern, and north-western boundaries of the said borough to the aforesaid Patea Electoral District at the Kaikokopu Road, and by that electoral district to the ocean; thence towards the south-west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement.
WANGANUI.
This district is bounded towards the north-west generally by the Patea Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the ocean to the eastern boundary of the Borough of Wanganui (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) on the right bank of the Wanganui River; thence towards the south-east by the said Wanganui River to the ocean; thence towards the south-west by the ocean to the place of commencement.
WAIMARINO.
This district is bounded towards the north-west generally by the Waitomo Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the Wanganui River at the southernmost point of the Ohura County to the south-western boundary of the Rotorua Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at the south-eastern corner of the Waitomo County; thence towards the north-east generally by the said Rotorua Electoral District to the Hawke’s Bay Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at the Rangitaiki River at the crossing of the main road from Napier to Taupo; thence towards the east generally by the said Hawke’s Bay Electoral District to the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at the Ngaruroro River; thence towards the south-east generally by the said Waipawa Electoral District to the Waimarino Electoral District (as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911) at the Rangitikei River at the crossing of the main road from Moawhango to Napier; thence by the said Waimarino Electoral District to its intersection with the main road from Moawhango; thence by that road to the north-western corner of Section 9, Block V, Ohinewairua Survey District; thence by a right line due west to the North Island Main Trunk Railway line; thence in a southerly direction by that railway-line to its intersection with the Hautapu River; thence by that river to the Paharakeke Road; thence by that road to the southern boundary of Wanganui County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south generally by the southern boundary of the said county to its junction with the eastern boundary of Mangamahu Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the eastern and northern boundaries of the said riding to the northern boundary of the said Wanganui County; thence by the northern boundary of the said county to the Patea Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at the Wanganui River; thence towards the south-west generally by the said Patea Electoral District to the Stratford Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at the confluence of the Tangarakau and Wanganui Rivers; thence by the said Stratford Electoral District to the place of commencement.
RANGITIKEI.
This district is bounded towards the north by the Waimarino Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the Wanganui River to the Rangitikei River at the crossing of the main road from Napier to Moawhango; thence towards the east generally by the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the south-eastern corner of the Rangitikei County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south generally by the southern boundary of the said county to the said Rangitikei River; thence by that river to the northern boundary of Margaweka Town District (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the north-western boundary of the said town district to the Marton-Taihape Road; thence by that road to the Rangitikei Electoral District (as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911) at the Makohine Valley Road; thence by the said electoral district to the north-western corner of the Otairi Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the east generally by the western boundary of the said riding to the north-western corner of Rangitira Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the western boundary of the said riding to the north-western corner of Section 17, Block XII, Wangaehu Survey District; thence by the south-western boundary of the said Section 17 and south-western boundaries of Section 127, Tarakete Nos. 1 and 2 Blocks, to the aforesaid Rangitikei Electoral District at the Rangitikei River; thence by that electoral district to the south-eastern corner of the Porewa Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south generally by the southern and western boundaries of the said riding to the north-eastern corner of the Otakapu Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the northern boundary of the said riding to the Wangaehu River; thence by that river to the ocean; thence towards the south-west by the ocean to the mouth of the Wanganui River; thence towards the west by that river to the place of commencement.
OROUA.
This district is bounded towards the north by the Rangitikei Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the north-western corner of the Otairi Riding to the Waipawa Electoral District, hereinbefore described, at the south-eastern corner of the Rangitikei County; thence towards the east generally by the said Waipawa Electoral District and the Pahiatua Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the Manawatu River at the Manawatu Gorge; thence by the Manawatu River to the southernmost corner of Section 456, Block III, Gorge Survey District; thence by the road forming the south-western boundary of the said Section 456, across branch of said river, and along south-western boundary of Section 457, of the said block and survey district, and eastern and south-western boundaries of Section 54 to and along the road forming the south-eastern boundaries of Sections 26 and 25, Block VIII, Kairanga Survey District, to the southern boundary of the Oroua County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south-west generally by the south-western boundary of the said county to the south-eastern corner of the Borough of Feilding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the southern and western boundaries of the said borough to and along the south-western boundary of the aforesaid Oroua County to the said Rangitikei Electoral District at the south-eastern corner of the Porewa Riding; thence towards the west generally by the said Rangitikei Electoral District to 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 south-western boundary of Oroua County to the Manawatu River at the Manawatu Gorge; thence towards the south-east by the Pahiatua and Masterton Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, to the southernmost corner of Kairanga County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south-west generally by the south-western boundary of the said county to and along the north-western boundary of Section 333, Block VI, Arawaru Survey District, to the Kahuterawa Road; thence in an easterly direction by that
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NZ Gazette 1918, No 19
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Proclamation of New Electoral Districts for the North Island
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration7 February 1918
Electoral districts, Boundaries, North Island, Proclamation