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, 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 11 December 2009.

Map

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