The Cust River is a river in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. It flows east across the upper Canterbury Plains

Canterbury Plains

The Canterbury Plains are an area in New Zealand centred to the south of the city of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region. Their northern extremes are at the foot of the Hundalee Hills in the Hurunui District, and in the south they merge into the plains of North Otago beyond the Waitaki...

 from its source north of the town of Oxford, New Zealand

Oxford, New Zealand

Oxford is a small town of 1,716 people serving the farming community of North Canterbury, New Zealand. It is part of the Waimakariri District. Oxford is a linear town, approximately two kilometres long. For a time Oxford was serviced by the Oxford Branch railway, and had two stations, East Oxford...

, flowing into the Cam River / Ruataniwha

Cam River / Ruataniwha

The Cam River / Ruataniwha is a small river in Canterbury in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a tributary of the Kaiapoi River, itself a tributary of the Waimakariri River....

 close to the town of Rangiora. The small town of Cust

Cust, New Zealand

Cust is a rural village in the South Island of New Zealand. It is located in north Canterbury and comes under seat of the Waimakariri District Council.Cust is about 16 km east of Oxford and 17 km west of Rangiora....

 lies on the banks of the river. The lower part of the river, to the south-west of Rangiora, is diverted into a channel and called the "Main Drain". The channel was built in 1862 to drain the swampy land between Rangiora and the Waimakariri River

Waimakariri River

The Waimakariri River is the largest of the North Canterbury rivers, in the South Island of New Zealand. It flows for 151 kilometres in a generally southeastward direction from the Southern Alps across the Canterbury Plains to the Pacific Ocean....

, and when it was enlarged in 1868 it accidentally captured the Cust.

The river was named after Sir Edward Cust

Edward Cust

Sir Edward Cust, 1st Baronet, KCH was a British soldier, politician and courtier.Cust was a younger son of the 1st Baron Brownlow and was educated at the Royal Military College...

, a member of the Canterbury Association, in 1849.

Brown trout

Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

spawn in the river and are suitable for fishing in spring.