Baring Head/Ōrua-pouanui

Status

• Official name
• This name decision / determination was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 3 September 2009 and notified in newspapers on 4 and 6 September 2009 - see 3 September 2009 NZGB public notice of decisions.

Description & location

Located along the south coast, east of Wellington, between Pencarrow Head and Turakirae Head, topographic map 260-R27,R28&Pt.Q27-Wellington, GR 663 759. On the cliff tops, at height 88m, are a lighthouse, a mast and a beaconed trig station (geodetic code B0Y6, named 'Baring Head Light').

Ōrua-pouanui means the place of the den, or retreat, of Pouanui.

Report

You can read the Deed of Settlement Between the Crown and Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (OTS website pdf 243KB) which was prepared by the Office of Treaty Settlements. Read the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009.

Map

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