Ashburton (New Zealand)
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Ashburton Māori: Hakatere |
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| Coordinates | 43 ° 54 ′ S , 171 ° 45 ′ E | |
| Region ISO | NZ-CAN | |
| Country |
 New Zealand
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| region | Canterbury | |
| District | Ashburton District | |
| Ward | Ashburton Ward | |
| Administrative headquarters | Seat of administration for the Ashburton District | |
| Residents | 18th 471 (2013) | |
| height | 100 m | |
| Post Code | 7700 | |
| Telephone code | +64 (0) 3 | |
| UN / LOCODE | NZ ASG | |
| website | www.ashburtononline.co.nz | |
| Photography of the place | ||
 Ashburton seen from the air |
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Ashburton ( Māori Hakatere ) is a city in the Ashburton District of Canterbury on the South Island of New Zealand . The city is the administrative seat of the district in which it is located.
geography
The city with its 18,471 inhabitants is located on New Zealand State Highway 1 , halfway between Christchurch and Timaru . It is around 80 km to Christchurch in the northeast and around 65 km to Timaru in the southwest. The Ashburton River flows through the city and joins the Pacific Ocean 17 km further south .
economy
The city is located in the middle of the Canterbury Plains , an extensive, fertile, but at times dry plain, in which mostly farming is carried out. New Zealand's only bus manufacturer, Designline , has its headquarters in the city.
Infrastructure
traffic
Another New Zealand State Highway , State Highway 77 , branches off from State Higway 1 to the northwest in the middle of the city . Ashburton is also connected to the South Island Main Trunk Railway , on which the Southerner , a passenger service from Christchurch via Dunedin to Invercargill , ran until 2002 and has only been used by freight trains since then.
media
The city's only daily newspaper is the Ashburton Guardian .
tourism
The Mount Hutt ski area is about 20 kilometers northwest of the village of Methven .
Personalities
- Phil O'Shea (1889-1980), cyclist
- John Jerome Cunneen (1932–2010, * in Ashburton), Bishop of Christchurch
- Valerie Young (née Sloper; * 1937 in Ashburton), shot putter and discus thrower
- Paul Ackerley (1949–2011), field hockey player and coach
- Jenny Shipley (* 1952 in Gore ), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999
- Hayden Roulston (born 1981 in Ashburton), racing cyclist
- Lauren Ellis (born 1989 in Ashburton), cyclist
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Ashburton North, - East, - Central West, - Central East, Plains Railway, Tinwald, Allenton West, - East, Netherby, Fairton, Hampstead . Statistics New Zealand , accessed August 7, 2016 .