Boundary Definitions




JULY 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1877

course from Hill’s Road near Heathcote Street; thence across the Heathcote River and along the said watercourse to Hill’s Road; along the northern side of Hill’s Road to and along the eastern side of St. Martin’s Road to a point opposite the northern side of Burnbrae Street; thence to and along the northern side of that street to the Tennyson Street Bridge; thence across the Heathcote River and along its left bank to Lincoln Road; thence along the south-eastern side of Lincoln Road to the middle of Moorhouse Avenue, westerly along the middle of that avenue, and northerly along the middle of Dean’s Avenue (West Town Belt) to the Avon River; thence down the right bank of that river to a point in line with the north-eastern side of Rossall Street; thence to and along the north-eastern side of Rossall Street to the road forming part of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 133; along the north-western side of that road to the Wairarapa Stream, and along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section 242; and along the north-eastern boundary of that section to Jeffrey’s Road; thence westerly along the southern side of Jeffrey’s Road, the south-western side of Wairarapa Road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 7, deposited plan 2150; thence to and along that boundary to the easternmost corner of said Lot 7; thence along a right line to the southernmost corner of Lot 41, deposited plan 2444; along the south-western boundaries of Lots 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, and 32, across a road, and along the south-western boundaries of Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1, all of said plan 2444; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of said Lot 1 and of Lots 6 and 5, deposited plan 3832, and of Lots 3A, 3, 2, and 1, deposited plan 1656, and of Lots 7, 6, 5, and 8, deposited plan 2075, to a point 300 links distant from the south-western side of Harewood Road; thence north-westerly parallel to and distant 300 links from the said side of road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 112; thence to and along that boundary to the northern side of Langdon’s Road to the point of commencement.


SECOND SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE BOROUGH OF RICCARTON.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the middle of Clyde Road with the middle of a branch of Avon River near the north-western corner of Lot 1, deposited plan 3197, and proceeding thence down the middle of said branch of Avon River and the middle of Avon River to the easternmost corner of Lot 321, deposited plan 6079; thence along the south-eastern boundaries of Lots 321, 320, and 319, said plan 6079, and the production of the last-named boundary to Lot 221, deposited plan 2681; thence along the eastern boundaries generally of Lots 221, 220, 219, 218, 217, 216, 215, 214, 213, 212, 211, 210, 209, and 208, said plan 2681, to the south-eastern corner of last-named lot; thence across Hinau Road to the north-eastern corner of Lot 315, aforesaid plan 6079, along the eastern boundaries generally of Lots 315, 314, 313, 312, 311, and 310, said plan 6079, to the southern-most corner of the last-named lot; thence across Totara Road to and along the northern boundary of Lot 309, said plan 6079, to the land shown on deposited plan 3884 (known as “Riccarton Bush”), and along the southern boundary generally of that land to Kauri Road; thence northerly along the western side of that road and the eastern boundary of the aforesaid “Riccarton Bush” to a point 250 links from the northern side of Rata Road; thence easterly along a right line 250 links distant from and parallel to the said northern side of Rata Road to the middle of Straven Street; thence northerly along the middle of that street to the middle of the most southerly branch of Avon River in Rural Section 163; thence down the middle of that branch and the middle of the Avon River to the middle of Deans Avenue (West Town Belt); thence southerly along the middle of that avenue, easterly along the middle of Moorhouse Avenue, and south-westerly along the middle of Lincoln Road to a point in line with the south-western boundary of Rural Section 118, across the road, and along the north-western boundary of Rural Section 128 to a point in line with the eastern side of Blenheim Road at its junction with Princess Street; thence to the junction of the eastern side of Blenheim Road and the northern side of Princess Street; thence to and along the middle of Blenheim Road to a point in line with the western side of Wainui Road; thence northerly to and along the said western side of Wainui Road, westerly along the southern side of Riccarton Road to the land shown on certificate of title, Vol. 173, folio 29; thence along the eastern boundary of that area of land, along the northern and eastern boundaries of Lot 35, deposited plan 2438, along the eastern boundaries of Lots 34 and 33, along a right line to the north-eastern corner of Lot 31, and along the eastern boundaries of Lots 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, and 25, and the production of the last-named boundary to Stamford Street; thence westerly along the northern side of that street to and along the eastern side of Euston Street to a point in line with the southern boundary of Lot 52; thence to and along the southern boundaries of Lots 52, 51, 50, and 49, and the production thereof to the middle of Wharenui Road; thence northerly along the middle of said Wharenui Road, easterly along the middle of Riccarton Road, and northerly along the middle of Clyde Road to the point of commencement.


THIRD SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF HEATHCOTE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded on the south-west by the City of Christchurch hereinbefore described from the Heathcote River to the Avon River; thence towards the west, north, and east generally by the Avon River, the Borough of New Brighton, and the Heathcote and Avon Estuary back to the point of commencement.

Also all that area bounded towards the north generally by the City of Christchurch hereinbefore described, from the southernmost corner of the City of Christchurch to the estuary of the Heathcote River; thence across that river and by the said estuary to a point on the foreshore of McCormack’s Bay due west of the northernmost corner of Lot 61 shown on plan No. 3565 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch; thence towards the east generally by a line commencing at that point and proceeding due east to the said northernmost corner; thence along the eastern boundary of aforesaid Lot 61 and the eastern boundaries of Lots 57 and 55 to Monck’s Spur Road; thence along the northern boundary of Lot 55 and the western boundary of Lot 48 on deposited plan No. 3416 to and along the northern boundary of Lot 47 to its north-eastern corner; thence along a right line to the westernmost corner of the Redcliffe Rifle Range, and along the western boundary of that rifle range to its southernmost corner, and thence along the western boundary of Lot 1, deposited plan No. 4018, to the northern boundary of the Borough of Lyttelton; thence bounded towards the south generally by the Borough of Lyttelton to its north-western corner; thence towards the south-east generally by the summit of the Port Hills to the southernmost corner of Rural Section 452; thence towards the south-west and west by the road known as Worsley’s Track, running along the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 338, through Rural Sections 493 and 10210, along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 31363, 31362, 2063, and the west and north-west boundaries of Rural Section 1325, and through Rural Section 383 to the north-eastern corner thereof, and by a right line to the middle of the Heathcote River at the southernmost corner of the City of Christchurch, the place of commencement.


FOURTH SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF WAIMAIRI.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District bounded towards the north-west generally by the Eyre County as described in the Second Schedule to the Ashley Subdivision and the Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply Board Act, 1911, from a point in the middle of the Waimakariri River to a point in line with the eastern boundary-line of the Borough of Kaiapoi; thence by the Rangiora County as described in the New Zealand Gazette, 1917, page 4537, to the ocean; thence towards the east by the ocean to the Borough of New Brighton, and by that borough to the left bank of the River Avon; thence towards the south generally by the said bank and the hereinbefore-described City of Christchurch to its north-western corner; thence south-easterly by the aforesaid City of Christchurch and the Borough of Riccarton to Lincoln Road; thence south-westerly along the middle of that road to Archer’s Bridge; thence towards the south-west by a line along the middle of Lincoln and Riccarton Junction Road, Hanson Road, Riccarton Road, and Yaldhurst Road to Russley Road; and thence towards the west by a line along the middle of the said Russley Road and the Kaiapoi Junction Road and its production to the middle of the Waimakariri River aforesaid, the place of commencement.

WM. DOWNIE STEWART,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1923, No 56


NZLII PDF NZ Gazette 1923, No 56





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🏛️ Redefinition of Boundaries for Christchurch and Riccarton (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
11 May 1923
Boundary redefinition, Christchurch, Riccarton, Municipal Corporations Act
  • WM. DOWNIE STEWART, For Minister of Internal Affairs