# Amuri County

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Former county in New Zealand

For Amuri statistical area, see [Culverden § Amuri statistical area](/source/Culverden#Amuri_statistical_area).

Amuri County County of New Zealand 1876–1989 Capital Culverden History • Established 1876 • Disestablished 1989 Today part of Hurunui District

**Amuri County** is one of the former [counties of New Zealand](/source/Counties_of_New_Zealand), in the area that is now the north of [Canterbury](/source/Canterbury%2C_New_Zealand) region.

During the period 1853 to 1876, the area that would become Amuri County was administered as part of [Nelson Province](/source/Nelson_Province). With the [Abolition of Provinces Act 1876](/source/Provinces_of_New_Zealand#Abolition_of_Provinces_Act_1876), Amuri County was created, taking over administration of its area in January 1877. The county council's administrative headquarters was located in [Culverden](/source/Culverden), from 1890 until 1989.[1]

Other towns in the county included [Hanmer Springs](/source/Hanmer_Springs) and [Waiau](/source/Waiau%2C_Canterbury).

Amuri County existed until the [1989 local government reforms](/source/1989_local_government_reforms), when the [Hurunui District](/source/Hurunui_District) was formed through the amalgamation of the administrative areas of Amuri County, [Cheviot County](/source/Cheviot_County) and the part of [Kaikoura County](/source/Kaikoura_County) south of the [Hundalee Hills](/source/Hundalee_Hills) (an area which had been the subject of a failed 1971 proposal to create a Hurunui County).[2] The last chairman of the county, John Chaffey, became the first mayor of Hurunui District.[3]

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 [Amuri Plain](/source/Amuri_Plain), which surrounds [Culverden](/source/Culverden). The headland of [Amuri (Haumuri) Bluff](/source/Amuri_Bluff) lies on the Pacific coast near [Oaro](/source/Oaro).

## See also

- [Marmaduke Bethell](/source/Marmaduke_Bethell), chairman of the county (1917–1935)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Wilson, John. ["Canterbury places – Amuri district"](https://www.teara.govt.nz/en/canterbury-places/page-2). [Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand](/source/Te_Ara%3A_The_Encyclopedia_of_New_Zealand). Retrieved 9 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2009_Hurunui_merger_2-0)** ["Determination on proposal for the abolition of Kaikoura District and its inclusion in Hurunui District"](http://www.lgc.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/KaikouraHurunuiDetermination.pdf) (PDF). *[Local Government Commission](/source/Local_Government_Commission_(New_Zealand))*. May 2009. Retrieved 6 November 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [John Chaffey obituary, Hurunui District Council](http://www.hurunui.govt.nz/News/News.htm?sec=News&ID=5092) [*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

## Further reading

- MacFarlane, L.R.C. (1946) *Amuri: The County – Old Times and Old People*, Christchurch, self-published

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