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Amuri County

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Although there is no settlement named Amuri, the name lives on in a number of forms: The Amuri Community Arts Council, Amuri Area School in Culverden, and the Amuri ski field near Hanmer Springs. The county itself took its name from the
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During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Amuri County was administered as part of
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was formed through the amalgamation of the administrative areas of Amuri County,
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Index

Culverden § Amuri statistical area
County
New Zealand


Culverden
Hurunui District
counties of New Zealand
Canterbury
Nelson Province
Abolition of Provinces Act 1876
Culverden
Hanmer Springs
Waiau
1989 local government reforms
Hurunui District
Cheviot County
Kaikoura County
Hundalee Hills
Amuri Plain
Culverden
Amuri (Haumuri) Bluff
Oaro
Marmaduke Bethell
"Canterbury places – Amuri district"
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
"Determination on proposal for the abolition of Kaikoura District and its inclusion in Hurunui District"
Local Government Commission
John Chaffey obituary, Hurunui District Council
42°46′12.23″S 172°51′4.64″E / 42.7700639°S 172.8512889°E / -42.7700639; 172.8512889

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