Lake Opuha

Status

• New name for a feature not named or depicted on current mapping
• This name proposal was published in the New Zealand Gazette, newspapers and the 14 May 2009 NZGB public notice of decisions.

Description

Near the confluence of South Opuha River, Ribbonwood Creek, and North Opuha River, east of Clayton Road, topographic map 260-J37-Mount Peel, GR 396 887.

Report

Read the Lake Opuha place name report (pdf 2.13MB - also available in HTML) which was considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) at its meeting on 27 March 2009. The report includes a printable map.

Consultation

The consultation period ended 5pm 19 June 2009.

Map