Place name proposal - Drury Railway Station

What was proposed?

The proposal was to assign a new official name to a railway station to be built on the North Island Main Trunk, between Paerata and Drury, south Auckland:

• Drury Railway Station - between Flanagan Road and Great South Road at the southern end of Drury (locality). NZTopo50-BB32 734917.

Outcome

Now official

Drury Railway Station is assigned as an official railway station name.

Published in the New Zealand Gazette on 16 March 2023.

Other related proposals

• Ngākōroa Railway Station
• Paerātā Railway Station

Report

The Board considered this proposal report at its hui on 26 July 2022. The proposals were notified for three months so that the public could make submissions supporting or objecting to them.

The Board considered this submissions report at its hui on 2 December 2022. Because the Board did not agree with the objecting submissions, it requested the Minister for Land Information to make the final determinations.

Media

• 9 August 2022: Geographic Board opens consultation on proposed railway station names south of Auckland
• 16 March 2023: New names for Auckland railway stations