Whiorau/Lowry Bay
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 the northern end of Eastbourne, topographic map 260-R27,R28&Pt.Q27-Wellington, GR 698 925. Bounded by Sorrento Bay at the north and York Bay at the south, with the suburb of Lowry Bay to the east.
Whiorau means the place of many blue duck (whio).
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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