The Hundalee Hills are located close to the borders of
Hurunui District
Hurunui District is a territorial local government district within the Canterbury Region on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island, north of Christchurch. It stretches from the east coast to the Main Divide. Its land area is .
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and
Kaikoura District in
Canterbury in the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...
of New Zealand.
Located 40 kilometres (24.85 mi) to the south of
Kaikoura, Hundalee Hills are known largely for a notorious stretch of
State Highway 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
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between
Kaikoura and
Christchurch. The road winds sharply around the edge of several hills, as does the
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 railway that winds its way through the Hundalee Hills, and it was also the home of
World War II hero
Charles Upham after he returned from combat.
References
Kaikōura District
Hurunui District
Mountain ranges of Canterbury, New Zealand
State Highway 1 (New Zealand)
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