found: New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on July 25, 2024:search for place names (Cust; location: 43.311S 172.382E; history/origin/meaning: Cust River: the river was named in 1849 after Sir Edward Cust, a member of the Canterbury Association. The locality was first known as Moeraki Downs, then for a period as Middleton-on-the-Cust because it was the 'middle town' between Rangiora and Oxford. The name Cust was adopted from the river, and was given to the railway station when it opened in 1874. Maori name: Kapukariki: lit. kapuka: a tree (Griselinia littoralis); riki: small or few; land district: Canterbury)