Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound

Proposed place name

Te Awa–o-Tū / Thompson Sound

(a dual name – meaning that both names would be used together as one name)

Current name

Thompson Sound

Why is this change being proposed?

To restore the feature’s original Māori name and retain the English name, which has been in long term use.

Report

• NZGB proposal report for Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound (PDF 6MB) – The NZGB considered this proposal report to change Thompson Sound at its meeting on 11 April 2019. Some of the recommendations are edited to reflect the NZGB’s decisions. The proposal is notified for three months so that the public can make submissions supporting or objecting to the name being changed.

See the File attachments section below for the report that the NZGB considered.

Media

See the File attachments section below for the media release for this proposal.

Make a submission

Consultation was between 20 May 2019 and 20 August 2019. Submissions are now closed for this proposal.