Highway District Ward Boundaries




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ing of a public road; by Section No.
84, by the crossing of a public road; by
Sections Nos. 6 and 15, by the crossing of a public road; by Section No.
36, by the crossing of a public road;
and by Sections Nos. 106 and 406;
towards the South East by public
roads, by the Ruamahunga River, and
by Section No. 116; towards the
South West by the Ruamahunga River,
by Section 292, by Para Native Reserve,
and by public roads; and towards the
North West by Sections Nos. 148, and
144, by the crossing of a public road;
by Sections Nos. 141 and 138, by the
crossing of a public road; and by Sections
Nos. 184, 181, and 122, and by a main
line of road.

Ward No. 3.

Being Township of Carterton.

Bounded towards the North East by a
public road; towards the South East by
Sections Nos. 24, 117, 124, and 127, Taratahi Plain Block; towards the South
West by a public road; and towards the
North West by Section No. 135, by a
main line of road, and by Sections Nos.
142, 143, and 144.

Ward No. 4.

Bounded towards the North East by a
public road, by Section No. 145, by the
abutment of a public road, by Sections
Nos. 146, 147, and 148, Township of Carterton, by Sections Nos. 289, 290, 291,
and 293, Taratahi Plain Block; towards
the South East by the Ruamahunga
River; towards the South West by the
Waiohine River; and towards the North
West and North by a main line of road
and a public road.

Ward No. 5.

Bounded towards the North East by a
straight line drawn on a bearing of 308°
magnetic from the North West corner of
Section No. 804, Taratahi Plain Block to
the Tararua Range, by Sections Nos. 305,
237, 240, 241, and 214; towards the
South East by Section No. 237, and by a
main line of road; towards the South
West by the Waiohine River to the Tararua Range; and towards the North West
by the Tararua Range.

Ward No. 6.

Bounded towards the North East by a
straight line drawn on a bearing of 308°
magnetic from the North West corner of
Section No. 837, Taratahi Plain Block to
the Tararua Range, by Sections Nos. 337,
121, 123, 191, 128, and 188; towards the
South East by a main line of road;
towards the South West by Sections Nos.
215, 243, 242, 272, 286, and 304, and by
a straight line bearing 308° magnetic
from the North West corner of Section
No. 804 to the Tararua Range; and
towards the North West by the Tararua
Range and by Sections Nos. 122 and 123.

Ward No. 7.

Bounded towards the North East by
the Waingawa River, from its source in
the Tararua Range; towards the South
East by a main line of road, by Sections
Nos. 172, 204, and 274; towards the
South West by Sections Nos. 172, 205,
137, 136, 180, 129, 274, 332, 333, and
336, and by the South West boundaries
of Sections Nos. 121 and 337, and by a
straight line on a bearing of 308° magnetic from the North West corner of
Section 337, to the Tararua Range; and
towards the North West by the Tararua
Range to the source of the Waingawa
River.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
THE WARDS IN THE MASTERTON HIGHWAY DISTRICT.

Ward No. 1.

Bounded towards the north by the
Manawatu and Tiraumea Rivers; towards
the east by the boundary of the Masterton Highways District between a point
on the Tiraumea River where the eastern
boundary line of section number 127,
Whareama Block, strikes it, and the
Mangara Stream; towards the south and
south-west by the Mangara Stream, by a
line bearing 300° magnetic from a point
on the Mangara Stream, where the western
boundary line of section number 28,
Rangitumau Block, strikes it, to the
summit of the Tararua Ranges; and towards the west by the summit of the
Tararua Ranges.

Ward No. 2.

Bounded towards the north by the
southern boundaries of Ward number 1,
between the Kopuaranga and Tauheru
Rivers; towards the east by the Tauheru
River; towards the south by the Waingawa and Ruamahanga Rivers, and
towards the west and north-west by
the Kopuaranga and Ruamahanga
Rivers, by the Waipoua River, and by
lines so as to include sections numbers
71, 70, 65, Masterton Small Farm Block,
sections numbers 22, 21, and 20, Waipoua
Block, and the Akura Native Reserve.

Ward No. 3.

Bounded towards the north by the
southern boundary of Ward number 1,
between the Kopuaranga Rivers and the
summit of the Tararua Ranges; towards
the east and south-east by the western
and north-western boundaries of Ward
number 2; towards the south-west by
the Waingawa River to its source, and
thence by a line west magnetic to the
summit of the Tararua Ranges; and
towards the west by the summit of the
Tararua Ranges.

Ward No. 4.

Bounded towards the north by the north
boundary of the Masterton Highways
District, between the junction of the
Tauheru River with the Kaumingi Stream
and the source of the Waihora Stream;
towards the east by a line bearing 197°
magnetic from the source of the Waihora
Stream; towards the south by the Kourarau Creek, and by lines to include sections numbers 41, 57, 58, 59, and 60,
Tupurupuru Block, by a stream bounding
sections numbers 85 and 86, Tupurupuru
Block, by the Wainuioru River, by the



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1875, No 6





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🏗️ Proclamation of Highway District Wards (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
18 February 1875
Highway Districts, Wards, Taratahi-Carterton, Masterton, Boundaries