Lake Kirirua

Status

• Altered restored traditional Māori name from Kirirua (recorded name)
• this name proposal was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 November 2009, and in relevant newspapers shortly after.

Description

Largest lake on Anchor Island, located at the entrance to Dusky Sound, Fiordland. Topo50 map CE04 - Anchor Island, GR 971 127.

Report

You can read the Lake Kirirua Place Name Proposal Report (PDF 1.90MB also available in HTML), 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

The consultation period closed at 5pm 11 December 2009.

Map

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