Hue tē Taka Peninsula

Status

  • Restored traditional Māori name for a feature not named on maps or charts.
  • "Hue tē Taka Peninsula" is now the official geographic name, as published in the New Zealand Gazette on 9 September 2010, and in relevant newspapers.

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 Report (PDF 690KB 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


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