Kirwee

This article is about the town in New Zealand. For the town in Utter Pradesh, India, see Karwi.

Kirwee

Kirwee is a town located west of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island. It was named after Karwi in India by retired British Army colonel De Renzie Brett.^[1] The 2001 New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings revealed that Kirwee and its surrounding rural area has a usually resident population of 2,646, an increase of 393 or 17.4% since the 1996 census. The actual township population is much smaller and is considered a minor town compared to nearby Darfield, which has a lot more services.

State Highway 73 and the Midland Line railway both pass through the town. In the early 1870s, Kirwee was intended to be the junction of two branch lines, one to Whitecliffs and the other to Sheffield and Springfield. The line from Kirwee to Darfield, intended to be the first portion of the Whitecliffs Branch, was built first and the decision was taken to establish the junction of the two branches in Darfield instead. The section of line from Kirwee to Darfield, as well as the branch to Sheffield and Springfield are now part of the Midland Line.

References

↑ Perry, P. J. "Brett, De Renzie James - Biography". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 24 January 2012.

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Coordinates: 43°30′S 172°13′E / 43.500°S 172.217°E / -43.500; 172.217

Towns of the Selwyn District, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ellesmere Ward	Bankside Brookside Doyleston Dunsandel Irwell Killinchy Lakeside Leeston Little Rakaia Mead Milltown Rakaia Huts Sedgemere Selwyn Southbridge Taumutu Te Pirita

Malvern Ward	Annat Arthur's Pass Bealey Cass Castle Hill Village Charing Cross Coalgate Courtenay Craigieburn Darfield Greendale Glentunnel Hawkins Homebush Hororata Kimberley Kirwee Kowai Bush Lake Coleridge Racecourse Hill Rakaia Gorge Sheffield Springfield Staircase Waddington Whitecliffs Windwhistle

Selwyn Central Ward	Aylesbury Burnham Halkett Mcleans Island Norwood Paparua Rolleston Sandy Knolls Weedons West Melton

Springs Ward	Broadfield Ellesmere Greenpark Greenpark Huts Ladbrooks Lincoln Lower Selwyn Huts Motukarara Prebbleton Selwyn Huts Springston Springston South Tai Tapu Templeton

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