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Ōkārito Lagoon, Ōkārito River, Ōkārito (settlement) and Ōkāritoiti / Lake Windemere

Status

  • Ōkārito - spelling alteration from Okarito (macrons to be added to a recorded name)
  • Ōkārito Lagoon - spelling alteration from Okarito Lagoon (macrons to be added to a recorded name)
  • Ōkārito River - spelling alteration from Okarito River (macrons to be added to a recorded name)
  • Ōkāritoiti / Lake Windemere - dual name and spelling alteration from Lake Windemere (recorded name)
  • these name proposals were published in the New Zealand Gazette on 5 November 2009, and in relevant newspapers shortly after.

Description

Ōkārito - coastal settlement 18 km due north of Franz Joseph Glacier/Waiau township. Topo50 map BW15 - Okarito, GR 696 105.

Ōkārito Lagoon - large estuarine lagoon north of Ōkārito (proposed spelling) settlement. Topo50 maps BW15 - Okarito, and BW16 – Whataroa, GR 740 142.

Ōkārito River - draining from both Lake Mapourika and Lake Wahapo, flowing north into and through Ōkārito Lagoon (proposed spelling), its mouth exiting north of Ōkārito (proposed spelling) settlement. Topo50 map BW16 – Whataroa, source: GR 744 029, and BW15 – Okarito, mouth: GR 694 108.

Ōkāritoiti / Lake Windemere - small lake north of Ōkārito Lagoon (proposed spelling). Topo50 map BW16 - Whataroa, GR 750 184.

Report

You can read the Ōkārito Place Name Proposal Report (pdf 1.71MB), 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


View Okarito in a larger map.

 
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