Steeple Rock/Te Aroaro-o-Kupe
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 at west of the entrance to Wellington Harbour (Port Nicholson), topographic map 260-R27, R28 & Pt.Q27-Wellington, GR 641 853. Rising above surrounding rocks at sea level to a height of 7m. On the rock are a marine light and an unbeaconed trig station (geodetic code B0XX, named 'Steeple Rock Light').
Te Aroaro-o-Kupe is the rock where Kupe is said to have injured himself while swimming. The name translates as "the front of Kupe".
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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