Place Names & Street Names

• About the New Zealand Geographic Board

  Find out the types of names the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) is responsible for, its areas of jurisdiction, and its governing legislation.

  

  About the New Zealand Geographic Board

  • NZGB legislation
  • NZGB Act 2008
  • NZGB members
  • NZGB functions & jurisdiction
  • NZGB naming rules
  • International cooperation
  • Maps & publications
  • History of the NZGB
  • NZGB news
  • more...

• Find names

  Use these resources to find official and unofficial names for features and places in New Zealand, Antarctica and the Pacific.

  

  Find names

  • New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names
  • Find official names with macrons
  • Find Antarctic names
  • Find undersea feature names
  • Māori names
  • New Zealand Place Names Database
  • Help finding names
  • more...

• Proposing names

  Make a proposal for a new, altered or discontinued name, and find out how the NZGB considers proposals.

  

  Proposing names

  • Geographic features & places in New Zealand & offshore islands
  • Undersea feature names
  • Antarctic features names
  • Crown protected area names
  • Treaty of Waitangi settlement names
  • Districts & region names
  • more...

• Consultation & decisions

  Read about current proposals supported by the NZGB, decisions, and how you can have your say by making a submission on a proposed name.

  

  Consultation & decisions

  • Make a submission
  • A-Z recent name proposals & decisions
  • NZGB gazetted notices archive
  • more...

• Electoral streets & places

  Search LINZ's electoral street and place names database. You can also download electoral street and place names datasets.

  

  Electoral streets & places

  • Search electoral streets
  • Search electoral places
  • more...