Recent NZGB Decisions
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) meets regularly to assign, approve, alter or discontinue the use of names for geographic features (eg. place names), undersea features and Crown protected areas in New Zealand, its offshore islands and its continental shelf and the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.
All decisions are published in the New Zealand Gazette. You can view NZGB Gazetted Notices online or review the most recent determinations below.
If you are looking for names currently open for public consulation, please go to the list of current place name proposals.
NZGB place name determinations
- 26 April 2013 (Proposals, Official NZ, Official Antarctic, Discontinued)
- 4 April 2013 (Proposals for alternative names for NZs main islands)
- 7 February 2013 (Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Treaty of Waitangi Settlement)
- 20 December 2012 (Ngāti Manuhiri Treaty of Waitangi Settlement)
- 13 December 2012 (Minister's Determination for Whanganui and Wanganui)
- 8 November 2012 (Official Undersea, Proposals, Treaty of Waitangi Settlements for Ngāti Mākino, Maraeroa A and B Blocks, Ngai Tāmanuhiri and Rongowhakaata)
- 19 July 2012 (Official NZ, Discontinued, Proposals, Official Undersea)
- 10 May 2012 (Offcial NZ, Official Antarctic, Minister's Determinations, Treaty of Waitangi Settlement for Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngati Porou and Ngāti Whare)
- 10 May 2012 (Validated Antarctic)
- 9 February 2012 (Taranaki Whānui Treaty of Waitangi Settlement)
- 26 January 2012 (Proposals, Official NZ, Official Undersea, Official Antarctic)
- 10 November 2011 (Official CPA - Wairēinga Scenic Reserve)
- 3 November 2011 (Official NZ, Minister's Determinations)
- 18 August 2011 (Official CPA - Tāwharanui Marine Reserve)
- 18 August 2011 (Minister's Determination for Hillary Ridge)
- 9 June 2011 (Proposals, Official NZ, Validated CPAs, Waikato-Tainui Treaty of Waitangi Settlement, Minister's Determination for Ripiro Beach)
- 24 February 2011 (Ngāti Apa (North Island) Treaty of Waitangi Settlement)
- 16 December 2010 (Official NZ, Minister's Determinations, Official Undersea)
- 9 September 2010 (Official NZ, Official Antarctic)
- 26 August 2010 (Proposals)
- 5 November 2009 (Proposals, Official NZ, Official Antarctic)
- 14 May 2009 (Proposals, Official NZ)
You can also find out about past decisions and determinations in the NZGB gazetted notices.
Antarctic place names
Treaty Settlement names
- 7 February 2013
- 20 December 2012
- 8 November 2012
- 10 May 2012
- Pārae Karetu
- Baring Head/Orua-pouanui
- Pariwhero/Red Rocks
- Sinclair Head/Te Rimurapa
- Steeple Rock/Te Aroaro-o-Kupe
- Te Ahumairangi Hill
- Mount Wai-ariki
- Whiorau/Lowry Bay
- Waitohi Stream
DoC Crown Protected Area names
- 19 July 2012
- 10 May 2012
- 9 February 2012
- Te Wai-o-Koroiko Scenic Reserve
- Wairēinga Scenic Reserve
- Tāwharanui Marine Reserve
- Te Waikoropupū Springs Scenic Reserve
- Lake Koitiata Scenic Reserve
- Marton Golf Course
- Mōtū Karaka Scenic Reserve
- Omarupapako / Round Bush Scenic Reserve
- Pākiki Scenic Reserve
- Ōrangipuku River Scenic Reserve
- Mosquito Creek Scenic Reserve
- Oteake Conservation Park
- Hāwea Conservation Park
Minister's name determinations
- 10 May 2012
- Colonial Knob
- Hobsonville
- Plimmerton
- Rānui
- St Albans
- Tamaki Railway Station
- Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River
- Hillary Ridge
- Stonefields
- Rāngaiika
- Poutākoro Head
- Hāwea Flat (settlement)
- Hāwea River
- Hāwea Island
- Lake Hāwea (lake)
- Lake Hāwea (locality)
- Mount Pickering
- Mount Tinsley
Undersea feature names
- 19 July 2012
- 26 January 2011
- 85 adopted undersea feature names gazetted on 16 December 2010
