Honokawa

Status

• Honokawa is now discontinued as the official geographic name for this feature, as published in the New Zealand Gazette on 9 September 2010, and in relevant newspapers.

Description

Prominent mountain, at height 1428 m, located in the Raukumara Range, 10 km north-west of Mount Hikurangi. Topo50 map BE44 - Te Puia Springs, GR 376 997. Currently the feature has two official geographic names, Whanokao and Honokawa by New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939, both published as separate entries. Whanokao appears on current mapping and is proposed to continue as the official geographic name for this feature.

Report

You can read the Honokawa Place Name Report (PDF 2.09MB also available in HTML), which was considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at meetings on 27 March 2009 and 16 September 2009. The report includes a printable map.

Map