Cust (New Zealand)

	Cust
	Geographical location
Coordinates	43 ° 19 ′ S , 172 ° 23 ′ E Coordinates: 43 ° 19 ′ S , 172 ° 23 ′ E
Region ISO	NZ-CAN
Country	New Zealand
region	Canterbury
District	Waimakariri District
Ward	Oxford-Eyre Ward
Residents	447 (2013)
height	130 m
Post Code	7471
Telephone code	+64 (0) 3
	Photography of the place
	; Main street of Cust

Cust is a village in the Waimakariri District in the Canterbury regionon the South Island of New Zealand .

Origin of name

The village has been renamed several times during its existence. First Moeraki Downs called, followed by the name Carleton and Bennet's Junction before the village finally in honor of the military historian Edward Cust , who is also a founding member of the Canterbury Association was in Cust was renamed.

geography

The place is around 16 km east of Oxford and around 17 km west of Rangiora on the banks of the Cust River . Christchurch city center is around 33 km southeast.

population

At the census in 2013, the place had 447 inhabitants, which means an increase in population of 4.9% compared to the 2006 census.

Infrastructure

traffic

Cust is connected to New Zealand State Higway 71 , which leads directly to Christchurch , via Route 72 and Rangiora .

Education

Cust has a primary school that had 126 students in 2014.

Motorsport

For more than 20 years, the New Zealand Grand Prix for motorcycles was held on a racetrack made of compacted gravel . The last races held at Easter 1963 were attended by up to 25,000 spectators.

Photo gallery

War memorial
Anglican Church
museum
St. David's Union Church

literature

Helga Neubauer: Cust . In: The New Zealand Book . 1st edition. NZ Visitor Publications , Nelson 2003, ISBN 1-877339-00-8 , pp. 716 .

Web links

Commons : Cust, New Zealand - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Cust . Statistics New Zealand , accessed August 8, 2016 .
^ Neubauer: Cust . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 716 .
↑ ^a ^b Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 3, 2017 .
↑ schools database Te Kete Ipurangi, accessed on 25 October 2014
↑ The early racing era , cams-racing.org.nz.

[Statistics_NZ-1] 2013 Census QuickStats about a place: Cust . Statistics New Zealand , accessed August 8, 2016 .

[NZ_Buch-2] Neubauer: Cust . In: The New Zealand Book . 2003, p. 716 .

[LINZ_Topo250_maps-3] Topo250 maps . Land Information New Zealand , accessed June 3, 2017 .

[4] schools database Te Kete Ipurangi, accessed on 25 October 2014

[5] The early racing era , cams-racing.org.nz.