Consultation on the New Zealand Geographic Board’s three place naming standards

Consultation took place between 26 June and 26 August 2020 for you to have your say on the New Zealand Geographic Board’s three new standards:

• Standard for New Zealand place names (PDF 4MB)
• Standard for Antarctic place names (PDF 4MB), and
• Standard for altering Region and District names (PDF 4MB).

The aim of the standards is to provide guidelines for people making a place name proposal, and to help the NZGB achieve quality and consistency in its decision making.

We’ve simplified the existing information into three separate standards – the naming criteria has not changed.

How to make a submission

This proposal was open for public submissions from 26 June to 26 August 2020. Submissions are now closed.

Next steps

Once consultation closes the NZGB consider all of the submissions it has received, taking into account all relevant and available information.

Protecting your privacy

Once the NZGB receives your submission it becomes a public record and can be released under Official Information Act requests. Your contact details will not be released without your consent. See the Official Information Act 1982