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Hue tē Taka Peninsula

Status

  • Restored traditional Māori name for a feature not named on current maps or charts.
  • this name proposal was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 November 2009, and in relevant newspapers shortly after.

Description

A small south-facing peninsula, 500 m long, of raised shore-platform with conspicuous stack rocks and raised shingle beaches, at the eastern end of Lyall Bay in Wellington, with Moa Point located at its southern tip. Topo50 map BQ31 - Wellington, GR 514 216.

Report

You can read the Hue tē Taka Peninsula Place Name Proposal Report (pdf 690KB), which was considered the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 16 September 2009. The report includes a printable map.

Consultation

Submissions close 12 February 2010.

Map


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