Huntingdon, New Zealand

Not to be confused with Huntington, New Zealand.

Huntingdon
Rural locality
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Coordinates: 43°59′10″S 171°44′15″E / 43.9862°S 171.7376°E / -43.9862; 171.7376
CountryNew Zealand
RegionCanterbury
Territorial authorityAshburton District
WardAshburton

Huntingdon is a lightly populated locality in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.[1] It is situated on the southern bank of the Ashburton River / Hakatere, south of Ashburton. Other nearby settlements include Willowby to the west, Wheatstone, Flemington, and Ashton to the south, and Wakanui to the east across the river.

  1. ^ "Place name detail: Huntingdon". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 22 January 2008.