Hundalee
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Hundalee is a rural locality in the Hurunui District of the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It straddles the Conway River, the traditional boundary between Canterbury and Marlborough and is in the Hundalee Hills.[1]
Although once a railway terminus, Hundalee today does not have a defined township as such; the place name refers to the rural properties in the area. One of these properties became the home of World War II hero Charles Upham after he returned from combat.
The railway line was opened to Hundalee from Parnassus in 1939 as work on the Main North Line from Christchurch crept north to meet a line being built southwards from Wharanui. In 1945, the full line was completed when the two ends met in Kaikōura. The railway still runs through Hundalee, but the TranzCoastal express passenger train does not stop. State Highway 1 also passes through Hundalee.
References
- ^ "Place name detail: Hundalee". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 12 November 2007.
42°35′S 173°25′E / 42.583°S 173.417°E / -42.583; 173.417
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Amberley Ward | |
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Amuri-Hurunui Ward | |
Cheviot Ward | |
Glenmark Ward | |
Hanmer Springs Ward |
- Ashley Forest
- Conway River
- Doubtful River
- Doubtless River
- Edwards River
- Empson River
- Esk River
- Gelt River
- Glencoe River
- Glencoe River
- Glenrae River
- Grantham River
- Greta River
- Hanmer River
- Harper Pass
- Hundalee Hills
- Hurunui River
- Motunau Island
- Mount Grey / Maukatere
- Lake Tennyson
- Waiau Uwha River
- Waimakariri River
- Waipara River
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