Ashley, New Zealand

Ashley
Rural Area
Ashley Hotel
Ashley
Coordinates: 43°16′34″S 172°35′57″E / 43.276028°S 172.599248°ECoordinates: 43°16′34″S 172°35′57″E / 43.276028°S 172.599248°E
Country	New Zealand
Region	Canterbury
Territorial authority	Waimakariri District
Electorates	Kaikoura and Waimakariri; Te Tai Tonga (Maori electorate)[1]
Time zone	NZST (UTC+12)
• Summer (DST)	NZDT (UTC+13)
Postcode	7477 and 7473
Area code(s)	03

Ashley is a small rural area in North Canterbury, in the South Island of New Zealand. It used to have a railway station on the Main North Line that runs through the village. As of the 2013 New Zealand Census, 1083 people live in Ashley.^[2]

Education

Ashley School is Ashley's only school, and was established in 1864.^[3] It is a decile 9 state co-educational full primary, with 159 students (as of July 2016).^[4] The principal is Craig Mullan.

Demographics

Ashley population by year
Census	Pop.	±%	Ref
1901	202	-	[5]
...	...	...
2001	759	-	[2]
2006	885	17	[2]
2013	1,083	22	[2]

Climate

The average temperature in summer is 15.9 °C, and in winter is 7 °C.^[6]

Month	Normal temperature
January	16.4 °C
February	16.1 °C
March	14.9 °C
April	12.4 °C
May	9.4 °C
June	7.0 °C
July	6.5 °C
August	7.4 °C
September	9.4 °C
October	11.5 °C
November	13.2 °C
December	15.1 °C

References

1. "Find my Electorate | Electoral Commission". Elections.org.nz. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
2. "StatsMaps - 2013 Census population and dwelling map". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
3. "Ashley School". Retrieved 28 November 2013.
4. "Directory of Schools - as at 2 August 2016". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
5. "Ashley". THE CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
6. "Weather statistics for Ashley, Canterbury (New Zealand)". yr.no. Retrieved 11 December 2013.