Hundalee Hills

{{Short description|Hills in Canterbury Region, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} The '''Hundalee Hills''' are located close to the borders of [[Hurunui District]] and [[Kaikōura District]] in [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]] in the [[South Island]] of New Zealand.

Located 40 kilometres (24.85 mi) to the south of [[Kaikōura]], Hundalee Hills are known largely for a notorious stretch of [[New Zealand State Highway 1|State Highway 1]] between [[Kaikōura]] and [[Christchurch]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2007}} The road winds sharply around the edge of several hills, as does the [[Conway River (New Zealand)|Conway River]], which reaches the [[Pacific Ocean]] close to the Hundalees.

Within the Hundalee Hills is the rural locality of [[Hundalee]]. This was briefly a terminus of the [[Main North Line, New Zealand|Main North Line]] [[railway]] that winds its way through the Hundalee Hills,<ref>[http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/mainline/panleader/ December 1988 issue of ''Tracklines''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008135201/http://www.trainweb.org/enzedrail/mainline/panleader/ |date=8 October 2007 }}</ref> and it was also the home of [[World War II]] hero [[Charles Upham]] after he returned from combat.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/upham.html |title=NZ Edge – Charles Upham |access-date=16 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503230135/http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/upham.html |archive-date=3 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== References ==

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[[Category:Kaikōura District]] [[Category:Hurunui District]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of the Canterbury Region]] [[Category:State Highway 1 (New Zealand)]]