✨ Electoral District Boundaries
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 19
HURUNUI.
This district is bounded towards the north-west and north generally by the Wairau Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the northern junction of the Marlborough and Amuri County boundaries (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) to the mouth of the Wairau River; thence towards the north-east and south-east generally by Cook Strait and the ocean to the southern boundary of Kowai County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) at the mouth of the Ashley River; thence in a westerly direction by the said County boundary to its junction with the eastern boundary of Ashley County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the southern, western, and northern boundaries generally of the said county to the junction with the southern boundary of Waipara County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence in a north-westerly direction generally by the said county boundary to its junction with the Westland Electoral District hereinbefore described; thence in a north-easterly direction generally by the said electoral district to the place of commencement.
KAIAPOI.
This district is bounded towards the north-east and north generally by the Hurunui Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the northern junction of the western boundary of Oxford County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) with the Waipara County to the mouth of the Ashley River; thence towards the east by the ocean from Pegasus Bay to the northern boundary of the borough of New Brighton (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the northern and western boundaries of the said borough to the Avon River; thence in a north-westerly direction by the said Avon River to the road forming the north-eastern boundary of Section 1068, Block XII, Christchurch Survey District; thence by the road forming the north-eastern boundary of the said section and the road forming the northern boundary of Horseshoe Lake and Sections 1327 and 2550 of Blocks VII and VIII of the said survey district to its intersection with the Canal and Road Reserve at the north-western corner of the said Section 2550; thence in a southerly direction by the said canal and road reserve to the Christchurch City boundary (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) at Shirley Road; thence towards the south-west generally by the said Christchurch City boundary to the southernmost corner of Section 1048, Block XI; thence towards the west generally by the south-western and north-western boundaries of the said Section 1048 to Winter’s Road; thence towards the south by that road forming the northern boundary of Section 313, Block VII, to the south-eastern corner of Harewood Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence by the southern and western boundaries of that riding to the southern boundary of Eyre County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence in a westerly direction by the said county boundary to its junction with the south-eastern corner of Oxford County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south-west and west generally by the said county boundary to the place of commencement.
CHRISTCHURCH NORTH.
This district is bounded towards the north-west by the north-western boundary of the City of Christchurch (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) from the north-western corner of the said city boundary to the junction of Innes Road and Shirley Road; thence towards the north-east generally by the north-eastern boundary of the said city to the junction of Hill’s Road and Shirley Road; thence towards the south-east generally by Hill’s Road to North Avon Road; thence by North Avon Road to Bealey Avenue; thence by Bealey Avenue to Churchill Street; thence by Churchill Street to the River Avon; thence by that river to its junction with Salisbury Street; thence by Salisbury Street to Colombo Street; thence by Colombo Street to Armagh Street; thence by Armagh Street to the western boundary of the aforesaid City of Christchurch at the junction of the said Armagh Street and Rolleston Avenue; thence towards the south-west generally by the western boundary of the said city to the place of commencement.
CHRISTCHURCH EAST.
This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Christchurch North Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the junction of Colombo Street and Salisbury Street to the River Avon; thence by the said river to its junction with Fitzgerald Avenue; thence towards the east generally by Fitzgerald Avenue to Ferry Road; thence by that road to the eastern boundary of the City of Christchurch (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) at the junction of Ferry Road and Ensor’s Road; thence towards the south-east generally by the south-eastern boundary of the said city from Ensor’s Road to Colombo Street; thence towards the west by Colombo Street to Tennyson Street; thence by Tennyson Street to Longfellow Street; thence by Longfellow Street to Southampton Street; thence by Southampton Street to Montrose Street; thence by Montrose Street to Huxley Street; thence by that street to Colombo Street; thence by that street to its junction with Salisbury Street, the place of commencement.
CHRISTCHURCH SOUTH.
This district is bounded towards the north and north-east generally by the Christchurch North Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the junction of the Christchurch City boundary (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) with the northern boundary of Hagley Park to the junction of Armagh Street with Colombo Street; thence towards the east generally by the Christchurch East Electoral District, hereinbefore described, to the Heathcote River at the southernmost end of Colombo Street and the south-eastern corner of the Borough of Spreydon (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south-east and south-west and north-west generally by the south-eastern, south-western, and north-western boundaries of the said borough to the junction of the south-western boundary of the Borough of Riccarton (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) at Lower Lincoln Road; thence by the south-western boundary of the said borough to the Dunedin–Christchurch Railway line; thence in an easterly direction by the said railway-line to a point in line with the West Town Belt; thence by a right line to and along the said West Town Belt to the Avon River; and thence by that river to the place of commencement.
AVON.
This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Kaiapoi Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the junction of Hill’s Road and Shirley Road to the northern boundary of the Borough of New Brighton (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) at Pegasus Bay; thence towards the east by the said Pegasus Bay to the estuary of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers; thence towards the south-west and south-east by the said estuary to the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Woolston (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south-west generally by the north-eastern and north-western boundaries of the said borough to the Christchurch East Electoral District, hereinbefore described, and thence towards the west generally by the said Christchurch East and Christchurch North Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, to the place of commencement.
RICCARTON.
This district is bounded towards the north generally by the Kaiapoi Electoral District, hereinbefore described, from the junction of the western boundary of Malvern County (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917) with Oxford County to the north-western corner of Harewood Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the east generally by the said Kaiapoi, Christchurch North, and Christchurch South Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, to the Riccarton Electoral District, as described in New Zealand Gazette No. 76, of the 27th September, 1911, at the north-western corner of the Borough of Spreydon; thence towards the south generally by the southern boundary of the said Riccarton Electoral District to the confluence of the Hawkins and Selwyn Rivers; thence in a north-westerly direction by the said Selwyn River to the road intersecting same at the north-eastern corner of Section 26374, Block VIII, Hororata Survey District; thence in a north-easterly direction to the intersection of roads at the south-eastern corner of Section 15139 of the said block and survey district; thence by a road forming the eastern boundary of the said Section 15139 to the Rolleston–Whitecliffs Railway line; thence in an easterly direction by that railway line to its junction with the Sheffield Branch Railway line; thence in a north-westerly direction by the said railway line to the south-eastern boundary of the Sheffield Riding (as existing on the 10th day of September, 1917); thence towards the south-west generally by the south-eastern, south-western, and western boundaries of the said riding to the place of commencement.
LYTTELTON.
This district is bounded towards the north-west generally by the Christchurch South, Christchurch East, and Avon Electoral Districts, hereinbefore described, from the southernmost corner of the Borough of Spreydon to the north-eastern boundary of the Borough of Woolston at the estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers; thence towards the north-east generally by the said estuary to Pegasus Bay; thence towards the south-east generally by the said Pegasus Bay and the ocean
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Proclamation of New Electoral Districts for the South Island
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration11 February 1918
Electoral districts, Boundaries, South Island, Proclamation