Sinclair Head/Te Rimurapa

Status

• Official name
• This name decision / determination was published in the New Zealand Gazette on 3 September 2009 and notified in newspapers on 4 and 6 September 2009 - see 3 September 2009 NZGB public notice of decisions.

Description & location

Located along the south coast, west of Wellington, topographic map 260-R27,R28&Pt.Q27-Wellington, GR 536 813, rising to over 160m.

Rimurapa means bull kelp, which is in abundance at this location.

Report

You can read the Deed of Settlement Between the Crown and Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika (OTS website pdf 243KB) which was prepared by the Office of Treaty Settlements. Read the Port Nicholson Block (Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika) Claims Settlement Act 2009.

Map

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