New Zealand Place Names Database (Archived)

The New Zealand Place Names Database contains place names that appear on LINZ's Topographic NZMS260 map series. Official names are listed in the New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names. Get help finding names.

The database includes details such as position (latitude and longitude) and spelling of place names that appear on LINZ topographic maps. The names on topographic maps are not all official names approved by the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB). Similarly, not all official names appear on topographic maps.

You can search the database below or download a dataset. You can also search for names appearing on New Zealand topographic maps on NZTopoOnline.

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Exclude any geographic name extensions such as: (name) "bay" or (name) "river" as the names will not necessarily be recorded in the database with this extension.

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You can also search LINZ's electoral streets & places data.

Macrons for Māori names are not displayed in the place names database due to technical limitations. The NZGB has compiled a list of official names with macrons to assist in mapping, charting, signage, reporting, legislation, or other official documents.

Database use & specifications

Find out more about which names are included, use of macrons, database specifications, maintenance, and conditions of use for the New Zealand Place Names Database. more...

Download a dataset of names

You can download a dataset of New Zealand place names compiled from the above database. more...