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 BOY6, 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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