Cust, New Zealand
Cust | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The main street of Cust - Cust Rd | |
.svg)  Cust Location in New Zealand | |
| Coordinates: 43°18′40″S 172°22′55″E / 43.31111°S 172.38194°E | |
| Country |  New Zealand |
| Region | Canterbury |
| Territorial authority | Waimakariri District |
| Electorates | Waimakariri Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)[1] |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 426 |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (NZST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+13 (NZDT) |
| Postcode | 7471 and 7475 |
| Area code | 03 |
| Local iwi | Ngāi Tahu |
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 139 students (as of February 2024).[6] The principal is Robert Schuyt.
Demographics
| Cust population by year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Population | Percent change | Ref |
| 1901 New Zealand census | 713 | - | [7] |
| ... | ... | ... | |
| 2001 New Zealand census | 399 | - | [8] |
| 2006 New Zealand census | 426 | 7 |
[8] |
| 2013 New Zealand census | 447 | 5 |
[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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Peter Dowling (editor) (2004). Reed New Zealand Atlas. Reed Books. Map 81. ISBN 0-7900-0952-8.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Roger Smith, GeographX (2005). The Geographic Atlas of New Zealand. Robbie Burton. Map 178. ISBN 1-877333-20-4.
- ^ "Cust & Fernside". Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.
- ^ Education Counts: Cust School
- ^ "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ "CUST". THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "StatsMaps - 2013 Census population and dwelling map". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
- ^ The early racing era, cams-racing.org.nz.
- ^ "Weather statistics for Cust, Canterbury (New Zealand)". yr.no. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
External links
Media related to Cust, New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons