Kimberley, New Zealand

Kimberley
Rural Area
Kimberley
Coordinates: 43°26′49.403″S 172°7′15.952″E / 43.44705639°S 172.12109778°E / -43.44705639; 172.12109778Coordinates: 43°26′49.403″S 172°7′15.952″E / 43.44705639°S 172.12109778°E / -43.44705639; 172.12109778
Country	New Zealand
Region	Canterbury
Territorial authority	Selwyn District
Electorates	Selwyn Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)^[1]
Postcode(s)	7571

Kimberley is a rural area in the Selwyn District of the South Island of New Zealand. It is 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the outskirts of Christchurch and directly north of Darfield. It consists of an old hall currently being used for Christchurch ballet society dance classes, a cemetery and arable and sheep farming land.

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred south of Kimberley at 4:35 am on 4 September 2010, causing widespread damage to buildings in the districts of Selwyn, Christchurch and Waimakariri.^[2]

References

↑ "Find my Electorate | Electoral Commission". Elections.org.nz. Retrieved 2015-11-29.
↑ Booker, Jarrod (4 September 2010). ""Extremely violent" 7.4 quake hits Christchurch". The New Zealand Herald.

Towns of the Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ellesmere Ward	Bankside Brookside Doyleston Dunsandel Irwell Killinchy Lakeside Leeston Little Rakaia Mead Milltown Rakaia Huts Sedgemere Selwyn Southbridge Taumutu Te Pirita

Malvern Ward	Annat Arthur's Pass Bealey Cass Castle Hill Village Charing Cross Coalgate Courtenay Craigieburn Darfield Greendale Glentunnel Hawkins Homebush Hororata Kimberley Kirwee Kowai Bush Lake Coleridge Racecourse Hill Rakaia Gorge Sheffield Springfield Staircase Waddington Whitecliffs Windwhistle

Selwyn Central Ward	Aylesbury Burnham Halkett Mcleans Island Norwood Paparua Rolleston Sandy Knolls Weedons West Melton

Springs Ward	Broadfield Ellesmere Greenpark Greenpark Huts Ladbrooks Lincoln Lower Selwyn Huts Motukarara Prebbleton Selwyn Huts Springston Springston South Tai Tapu Templeton

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/4/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.