Cust, New Zealand
| Cust | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
The main street of Cust - Cust Rd
|
|
 Cust
|
|
| Coordinates: 43°18′40″S 172°22′55″E / 43.31111°S 172.38194°ECoordinates: 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) |
| 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. 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.
Cust School is Cust's only school. It is a state co-educational full primary school with a decile rating of 10 and a roll of 147 students (as of February 2017). The principal is Robert Schuyt.
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.
The average temperature in summer is 16.2 °C, and in winter is 5.9 °C.
...
Wikipedia