✨ Boundary Definitions




And, in further pursuance of the provisions of the said section 147 of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, the boundaries of the Avonside Riding of the County of Heathcote as affected by such Order in Council are hereby defined as set out in the Third Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF CHRISTCHURCH.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 112 and the north-eastern side of Langdons Road, and proceeding thence south-easterly along the said north-eastern side of Langdons Road to the north-western side of Main North Road; thence north-easterly along that side of road aforesaid to the middle of the Papanui Drain ; thence south-easterly along the middle of that drain aforesaid through Rural Sections 308, 307, 302, and 276 to the south-western boundary of Rural Section 1048 ; thence south-easterly along that boundary to the north-western corner of Lot 25 on plan 6279 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence along the north-western boundary of Lots 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, and 18 on said plan 6279 and the production of that boundary to a point on the north-eastern boundary of Lot 1 on plan 6313 deposited as aforesaid ; thence south-easterly along the north-eastern boundary of the said Lot 1 and Lots 17, 16, 15, and 14 on said plan 6279 and that boundary produced to the south-eastern side of McFaddens Road ; thence along the south-eastern and south-western sides of McFaddens Road aforesaid to and across Innes Road ; thence easterly along the south-eastern side of Innes Road to Rural Section 345A; thence along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 345A and 2795 to and across Westminster Street to the south-western side of Shirley Road ; thence along the south-western side of Shirley Road aforesaid to the eastern side of Hills Road at a point in line with the south-western side of said Shirley Road ; thence southerly along the eastern side of Hills Road aforesaid to a point in line with the southern side of said Shirley Road ; thence easterly along the southern side of said Shirley Road to North Parade ; thence southerly along the middle of North Parade aforesaid to Banks Avenue ; thence along the middle of that avenue to a point opposite the confluence of Dudley Creek and the River Avon; thence across the said River Avon and easterly generally along its right bank to a point in line with the western side of Kerrs Road ; thence southerly along the western side of that road to a point in line with the northern side of Rudds Road; thence to and along the northern side of that road to Pages Road ; thence north-easterly along the north-western side of that road to its intersection with the south-western side of Cuffs Road; thence along a right line being a production of the south-western side of said Cuffs Road to the southern side of Pages Road aforesaid ; thence easterly generally along the southern side of said Pages Road to the northernmost corner of Lot 9 on plan 2698 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said Lot 9 and the eastern and southern boundaries of the land shown on Certificate of Title, Volume 192, page 288, to Kearneys Road ; thence across that road and southerly generally along its western side to Ruru Road ; thence across that road and along its south-eastern side and the eastern side of McGregors Road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Lot 31 on plan 1957 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence to the easternmost corner of said Lot 31 and along the south-eastern boundary of the land shown on said plan 1957 to and across Linwood Avenue ; thence along the south-western side of the said Linwood Avenue to the estuary of the Heathcote River ; thence southerly by the said estuary and along the left bank of the Heathcote River to a point in line with the western side of Hillsborough Road ; thence to and along the western side of said Hillsborough Road to the Christchurch-Lyttelton Railway Reserve ; thence north-westerly along the north-eastern side of that reserve to the left bank of the said Heathcote River ; thence up the left bank of that river to a point opposite the watercourse from Port Hills Road near Heathcote Street ; thence across the Heathcote River aforesaid and along the said watercourse to Port Hills Road aforesaid ; thence westerly along the northern side of said Port Hills Road to and along the eastern side of St. Martins Road to a point in line with the northern side of Burnbrae Street ; thence to and along the northern side of that street to the Tennyson Street Bridge ; thence across the said Heathcote River and westerly generally along its left bank to Lincoln Road ; thence north-easterly along the south-eastern side of that road to a point in line with the production of the north-eastern side of Wrights Road ; thence along that line to the middle of Lincoln Road aforesaid ; thence north-easterly along the middle of that road to a point in line with the north-eastern boundary of Rural Section 128 ; thence by a right line being the production of the north-eastern side of Rural Section 128 aforesaid to the north-western side of Lincoln Road ; thence north-easterly along the north-western side of that road for a distance of 2324 links ; thence across the said Lincoln Road and north-easterly along its south-eastern side to Moorhouse Avenue ; thence westerly to a point in the middle of the said Lincoln Road being in line with the southern side of said Moorhouse Avenue ; thence north-easterly to a point in line with the middle of the western portion of Moorhouse Avenue aforesaid ; thence westerly along the middle of that avenue to Deans Avenue ; thence northerly along the middle of that avenue 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 said Rossall Street to a point in line with the north-western side of Fulton Avenue ; thence to and along the north-western side of that avenue to the Wairarapa Stream ; thence north-westerly along the left bank of that stream to Rural Section 242 ; thence northerly along the north-eastern boundary of the said Rural Section 242 to Normans Road ; thence to and along the south-western side of Wairarapa Road to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Lot 7 on plan 2150 deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; 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 on plan 2444 deposited as aforesaid ; thence north-westerly along the south-western boundaries of Lots 41, 40, 39, 38, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, and 32, across Aorangi Road, and along the south-western boundaries of Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1, all on said plan 2444 ; thence north-easterly along the north-western boundaries of said Lot 1 and of Lots 6 and 5 on plan 3832 deposited as aforesaid, and of Lots 3A, 3, 2, and 1 on plan 1656 deposited as aforesaid, and of Lots 7, 6, 5, and 8 on plan 2075 deposited as aforesaid, to a point 300 links distant from the south-western side of Harewood Road ; thence north-westerly along a line parallel to and distant 300 links from the south-western side of Harewood Road aforesaid to a point in line with the south-eastern boundary of Rural Section 112 ; thence north-easterly to and along that boundary to the north-eastern side of Langdons Road, the point of commencement.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

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 estuary of the Heathcote River to the middle of the Avon River ; thence towards the west, north, and east generally by the middle of 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 easterly by the said estuary to a point on the foreshore of McCormacks Bay due west of the northernmost corner of Lot 61, shown on plan 3565, deposited in the office of the District Land Registrar at Christchurch ; thence along a right line due east to the said northernmost corner of Lot 61 ; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of Lot 61 aforesaid and easterly generally by the southern boundaries of Lots 58 and 56 on plan 3565 deposited as aforesaid to Moncks Spur Road ; thence to and by the north-western boundary of Lot 48 on plan 3416 deposited as aforesaid to the north-western corner of Lot 47 on said plan 3416 ; thence by the northern boundary of the said Lot 47 to its north-eastern corner ; thence easterly by a right line to the westernmost corner of the Redcliffe Rifle Range and southerly along the western boundary of that rifle range to its southernmost corner; thence along the western boundary of Lot 1 on plan 4018 deposited as aforesaid to the northern boundary of the Borough of Lyttelton ; thence bounded towards the south generally by the said 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 south-western boundary of the said Rural Section 452 and the road known as Worsley's Track running through Rural Sections 493 and 10210, along the south-western boundaries of Rural Sections 31363, 31362, 2063, and the west and north-eastern boundaries of Reserve 3504, and through Rural Section 383 to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence northerly by a right line to the left bank of the Heath-cote River at the southernmost corner of the City of Christ-church, the place of commencement.



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🏘️ Redefining Boundaries of Christchurch City and Heathcote County (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
18 April 1935
Boundaries, Christchurch, Heathcote, Avonside, Municipal Corporations Act