Country New Zealand Territorial authority Postcode 7471 and 7475 Local time Tuesday 11:21 AM | Region Canterbury Time zone NZST (UTC+12) Population 426 (2006) Area code 03 | |
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Electorates WaimakaririTe Tai Tonga (Maori electorate) Weather 11°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 94% Humidity | ||
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.
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Map of Cust, New Zealand
Education
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 140 students (as of July 2016). The principal is Robert Schuyt.
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.
Climate
The average temperature in summer is 16.2 °C, and in winter is 5.9 °C.