Amuri, New Zealand

Amuri, New Zealand

Amuri County is a former local government district in north Canterbury, New Zealand. The county council was based in Culverden from 1890 until 1989. [ [http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Canterbury/CanterburyPlaces/2/en Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand] ] Other towns in the county include Hanmer Springs and Waiau. It was amalgamated with Cheviot County, Hurunui County and part of Kaikoura County into the Hurunui District as part of the local Government reforms of 1989. The last chairman of the county, John Chaffey, became the first mayor of Hurunui District. [ [http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/News/News.htm?sec=News&ID=5092 John Chaffery obituary, Hurunui District Council] ]

Although there is no settlement named Amuri, the name lives on in a number of forms: The Amuri Community Arts Council, Amuri area school on Hanmer Springs, and the Amuri ski field near Hanmer Springs.

References

Further reading

* MacFarlane, L.R.C. "Amuri: The County - Old Times and Old People"Christchurch, Published By Author, 1946


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