Place Names & Street Names

• Search for place names

  Search the New Zealand Geographic Place Names Database.

• About the New Zealand Geographic Board

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) members, publications and international cooperation.

• Processes & legislation

  NZGB place naming frameworks and legislation, and making a submission proposal.

• Decisions & public notices

  Find out which place names are official, which are currently before the NZGB, and how to object.

• Researching place names

  Learn more about place name origins.

• Antarctic place names

  Find out about place naming in New Zealand's area of interest.

• Electoral streets & places

  Search the streets and places index, download streets and places data and documentation.