Archived NZGB News
2012
2011
- 19 December 2011 Holiday hours for LINZ Offices
- 25 August 2011 New appointment to the New Zealand Geographic Board
- 10 August 2011 Aoraki / Mount Cook’s South Ridge to Become Hillary Ridge
- 10 June 2011 Public Consultation Open for New Zealand Geographic Board Name Proposals
- 14 April 2011 Public Comment Sought on Revised Addressing Standard
- 18 January 2011 NZGB Sets Deadline for Proposing Names
2010
- 1 December 2010 Public Consultation Closed for NZGB Place Name Proposals
- 3 November 2010 Koordinates Ltd to Help Make LINZ Data More Accessible
- 22 September 2010 NZGB Mourns Sir Archie Taiaroa
- 10 September 2010 Final Place Name Decisions by the New Zealand Geographic Board
- 26 August 2010 Public Consultation Open for New Zealand Geographic Board Name Proposals
- 5 August 2010 Porirua Suburb and Locality Names go to Public Consultation
- 5 August 2010 Kairangi Name Proposals go to Public Consultation
- 4 August 2010 Hillary Ridge Proposed as a Fitting Memorial
- 6 July 2010 Antarctica’s ‘McPhail Turrets’ Officially Named
- 22 June 2010 Deadline for Proposing Names Passed
- 28 April 2010 NZGB Sets Deadline for Proposing Names
- 23 April 2010 FIG 2010 Conference Paper: Place Naming Legislation in New Zealand
2009
- 18 December 2009 Alternative Naming Decision Provides Certainty
- 5 November 2009 Place Name Proposals Recognise Outstanding Scientists
- 17 September 2009 Board Accepts ‘Whanganui’ Place Name Proposal
- 4 September 2009 Treaty Settlement Names for Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika
- 18 August 2009 Public Consultation on Proposal to Alter Spelling of Wanganui Ends
- 10 July 2009 Treaty of Waitangi Settlement Names for Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi & Hapu
- 10 June 2009 Crown Protected Area & Antarctic Place Names Validated
- 3 June 2009 NZGB Sets Deadline for Proposing Names
- 25 May 2009 Statement from the New Zealand Geographic Board regarding the outcome of the Wanganui Referendum 09
- 14 May 2009 New Zealand Geographic Board Public Consultation Open for Name Proposals
- 21 April 2009 The New Zealand Geographic Board Considers North and South Island Names
- 30 March 2009 New Zealand Geographic Board to publicly consult on ‘h’ in Wanganui
- 13 February 2009 NZGB to Consider Name Proposals
2008
- 11 December 2008 NZGB Sets Deadline for Proposing Names
- 20 November 2008 Treaty of Waitangi Settlement Place Names for Te Roroa
- 30 October 2008 Website Updated as New Geographic Names Act Comes into Force
- 16 October 2008 New Place Name Decisions from the New Zealand Geographic Board
- 13 August 2008 Two Antarctic Features Named
- 30 June 2008 Act Extends Geographic Naming Frontiers
- 30 June 2008 Protocol Smoothes Path for Ross Sea Region
- 15 May 2008 Place Name Decisions
2007
- 17 September 2007 The Disappearance of Gertrude Rock
