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• Map of Te Wai Pounamu, The Land and its People

  A map of Māori place and feature names in Te Waipounamu South Island circa 1840. The index has their meanings where known, and their equivalent contemporary names, if any.
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  • Place naming

• Index of names for Te Ika a Maui, The Land and its People

  Index of names, their meanings where known and their equivalent names on contemporary mapping.
  Resource

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Meyer Pass

  Proposal to assign Meyer Pass as the official name of the pass at ~700m on Meyers Pass Road on Campbell Hills.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• New Zealand Geographic Board annual report 2022/23

  Mount Misery to Maungatūtū, Clive River to Te Awa o Mokotūāraro and naming the newly formed lake Lake Te Horonui are just some of the decisions highlighted in the Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board 2022/23 Annual Report – available…
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• Place name proposal - Manawatū District

  The proposal is to alter the official place name Manawatu District to Manawatū District for the area administered by Manawatu District Council.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Excerpt from the Geographic Board’s minutes of 22 June 2023

  This Official Information Act (OIA) response released an excerpt from the 22 June 2023 minutes of Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board relating to the proposal to alter Russell to Kororāreka.
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• Place name proposal - Lake Mangapōike

  This proposal was to assign Lake Mangapōike as the official name of an unnamed newly formed permanent lake on Mangapoike River, approximately 37km southwest of Gisborne and 30km northeast of Wairoa.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Maungatūtū

  This proposal is to alter the existing unofficial recorded name Mount Misery to Maungatūtū for a 478m hill approximately 10km south of Tauranga.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Mount Milne

  This proposal is to correct the position of Mount Milne from NZTopo50-CA09 056461 to NZTopo50-CB09 054458.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Pākaraka

  This proposal is to alter the official place name Maxwell to Pākaraka for a locality on State Highway 3 approximately 19km west-northwest of Whanganui.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Waihemo / Shag River

  This proposal is to alter the existing official name Shag River (Waihemo) to Waihemo / Shag River.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Mount Tarewai

  This proposal is to correct the position of Mount Tarewai from NZTopo50-CB09 054458 to NZTopo50-CB09 052455.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• New Zealand Geographic Board hui and minutes

  We meet 3 times a year to consider place names.
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• New Zealand Geographic Board Strategy 2020-2025

  Our strategy sets out our goals and objectives and how we will achieve them.
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  • Place naming

• International place naming

  The NZGB engages with international naming authorities on Antarctic, undersea, regional and global place naming matters.
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• Place name proposal - Whanganui District

  This proposal is for the alteration of an official name - from Wanganui District to Whanganui District.
  Consultation › place name

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• NZGB notices – August 2022

  Proposed railway station names.
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• Place name proposal - Te Kakau Bank

  The proposal is to alter Kaukau Bank to Te Kakau Bank and make it the official name of an undersea bank offshore from the southeast coast of the North Island approximately 5km east of Te Kakau Point.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Te Awa o Mokotūāraro name confirmed for Hawke’s Bay river

  Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that Te Awa o Mokotūāraro is now the new official name for Clive River in Hawke’s Bay.
  News

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• Te Waipounamu tangata whenua place names map

  This map shows the place names given by tangata whenua throughout Te Waipounamu, before European settlement
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• Asia and Pacific, United Nations map names

  1st edition, 1995. Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board contributed to a revised map and gazetteer compiled for the United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names (UNGEGN) Asia South East and Pacific South West Division.
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• East Coast landslide lake now officially Lake Te Horonui

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced that the lake near Wairoa, recently formed by a major landslide, now has an official name – Lake Te Horonui.
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• Place names announced by the New Zealand Geographic Board

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced recent decisions, including corrections to existing place names and validating seven Crown reserve names as official.
  News

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• Place name proposal - North Island

  The proposal was to make the current English name for the North Island official.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• NZGB notices – January 2023

  Proposed, approved, altered and amended geographic names.
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• Consultation opens on proposed place names Ryan Creek, Stewart Crags and Stewart Creek

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has opened public consultation on three proposals for official place names.
  News

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• History of the Board

  Learn about how the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa came into existence.
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• Place name maps and publications

  Publications about traditional and current place naming produced by the New Zealand Geographic Board.
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• About the New Zealand Geographic Board

  Making place names official enables clear communication and connections between people, places, and information. They identify where we are as we go about our everyday business.
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• District or region name change proposal

  Councils can propose to change the name of their district or region. When the name of a district or region is changed, it also changes the legal name of its council.
  Guidance

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• Amendment of Ōpōtiki District Council name under the Local Government Act 2002

  Updated name for Ōpōtiki District Council
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  • Place naming

• Amendment of Ōtorohanga District Council name under the Local Government Act 2002

  Updated name for Ōtorohanga District Council
  Resource

  • Place naming