Cust, New Zealand

Cust
Village

The main street of Cust - Cust Rd
Cust

Location in New Zealand

Coordinates: 43°18′40″S 172°22′55″E / 43.31111°S 172.38194°E / -43.31111; 172.38194Coordinates: 43°18′40″S 172°22′55″E / 43.31111°S 172.38194°E / -43.31111; 172.38194
Country  New Zealand
Region Canterbury
Territorial authority Waimakariri District
Electorates Waimakariri
Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)[1]
Population (2006)
  Total 426
Time zone NZST (UTC+12)
  Summer (DST) NZDT (UTC+13)
Postcode 7471 and 7475
Area code(s) 03

Cust is a rural village in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in North Canterbury and comes under seat of the Waimakariri District Council. It is located approximately 16 km east of Oxford and 17 km west of Rangiora.[2][3] The town is named after Sir Edward Cust, who was a member of the Canterbury Association which organised European settlement of the area around 1850. Earlier names for the town were Moeraki Downs and Middleton-on-the-Cust.[4]

Education

Cust School is Cust's only school. It is a state co-educational full primary school[5] with a decile rating of 10 and a roll of 138 students (as of November 2015).[6] The principal is Robert Schuyt.

Demographics

Cust population by year
Census Pop. ±% Ref
1901 713 - [7]
... ... ...
2001 399 - [8]
2006 426 7Increase [8]
2013 447 5Increase [8]

Motorcycle racing

For more than 20 years, a metalled-road racing circuit at Cust was used as the venue for the New Zealand Grand Prix for motorcycling. The Easter event, last held in 1963, would swell the village population to 25,000.[9]

Climate

The average temperature in summer is 16.2 °C, and in winter is 5.9 °C.[10]

Month Normal temperature
January 16.8 °C
February 16.3 °C
March 14.6 °C
April 11.6 °C
May 8.3 °C
June 5.8 °C
July 5.3 °C
August 6.5 °C
September 8.9 °C
October 11.2 °C
November 13.3 °C
December 15.5 °C

References

  1. http://www.elections.org.nz/mapping/
  2. Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 81. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
  3. Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. Map 178. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
  4. "Cust & Fernside". Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  5. Te Kete Ipurangi schools database: Cust School
  6. "Directory of Schools - as at 01 December 2015". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  7. "CUST". THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 "StatsMaps - 2013 Census population and dwelling map". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  9. The early racing era, cams-racing.org.nz.
  10. "Weather statistics for Cust, Canterbury (New Zealand)". yr.no. Retrieved 28 November 2013.

External links

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