Ashley, New Zealand

Ashley is a small town 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]

Ashley
Town
Ashley Hotel
Ashley
Coordinates: 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	UTC+12 (NZST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+13 (NZDT)
Postcode	7477 and 7473
Area code(s)	03
Local iwi	Ngāi Tahu

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 167 students (as of March 2020).[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. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
2. "StatsMaps - 2013 Census population and dwelling map". Retrieved 11 December 2013.
3. "Ashley School". Retrieved 28 November 2013.
4. "New Zealand Schools Directory". New Zealand Ministry of Education. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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.