The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Hurunui
Hurunui is a small village on the main north coach road, nine miles from Waikari, and sixty-two from Christchurch. The district, which is in the Waipara riding of the county of Ashley, is devoted chiefly to sheep farming. Mails are received and despatched thrice a week, and there is a public school at the village, which at the census of 1901 had a population of fifty-eight.