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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.
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Place name proposal - Ngākōroa Railway Station
The proposal was to assign a new official name to a railway station to be built in south Auckland.
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Place name proposal - North Island
The proposal was to make the current English name for the North Island official.
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Place name proposal - Rangiriri
The proposal is to alter the recorded unofficial locality names Rangiriri, Rangiriri West and Churchill to the one official name Rangiriri with an officially defined extent (boundary) as depicted below.
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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.
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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.
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Place name proposal - Rangitīkei District
The proposal was to change Rangitikei District to Rangitīkei District for the local authority district that Rangitikei District Council administers.
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Place name proposal - Abbotts Creek
This proposal was to change the name Abbots Creek to Abbotts Creek, for the stream that flows east from Remutaka Pass to Featherston, in south Wairarapa.
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Petone name change proposal
Consultation opens today on a proposal to correct the spelling of the Lower Hutt suburb Petone to Pito One.
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Place name proposal - Franz Joseph / Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere
The proposal is to alter the official place name Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere to Franz Joseph Glacier / Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere for the glacier that flows from a large basin in the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana to its terminus between Fritz Range and Baird Range.
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Place name proposal - Manawatū District
The proposal was to alter the official place name Manawatu District to Manawatū District for the area administered by Manawatu District Council.
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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.
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Celebrating 100 years of place naming
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is marking 100 years of official place naming in New Zealand, its offshore islands, Antarctica and on the sea floor.
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Place name proposal - Hess Glacier
The proposal is to alter Hesse Glacier to Hess Glacier and make it the official name of the glacier southeast of Marion Tower and south of Snowdrift Range, approximately 50km northwest of Wānaka.
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Place name proposal - Pukekōwhai, Ngā Māipi-e-Waru-a-Kupe, Puketihia
These proposals are for three peaks on the western edge of Ngāumu Forest, west of Riversdale Beach (locality) in the Wairarapa.
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Place name decisions announced
The Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board today announces decisions on 12 place name proposals.
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Public consultation on place name proposals
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is consulting on proposals to correct the spellings of a locality and a glacier, and to assign official names to two streams.
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Place name proposal - Mount Tarewai
This proposal is to correct the position of Mount Tarewai from NZTopo50-CB09 054458 to NZTopo50-CB09 052455.
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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.
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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.
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Place name proposal - Mount Milne
This proposal is to correct the position of Mount Milne from NZTopo50-CA09 056461 to NZTopo50-CB09 054458.
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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.
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Place name proposal - Waihemo / Shag River
This proposal is to alter the existing official name Shag River (Waihemo) to Waihemo / Shag River.
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Place name proposal - Sealy Glacier, Sealy Stream
These proposals are to alter the official name of a glacier in the northern Olivine Range from Sealey Glacier to Sealy Glacier and approve as official the associated recorded name Sealy Stream, for the stream that flows west from the glacier into Pyke River.
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Place name proposal - Mount Kirk
This proposal is to make Mount Kirk the official name of a prominent peak rising to 1436m west of Percy Saddle, Turret Range, in Fiordland National Park.
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Place name proposal - Wī Wāka
The proposal is to alter the recorded name of a locality south of Eketāhuna, north Wairarapa from Waiwaka to Wī Wāka as an official name.
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Hundreds of Māori place names made official in Hawke’s Bay Region
Over 700 Māori place names in Hawke’s Bay Region have been made official, with more than 300 of these updated to include macrons for correct pronunciation and meaning.
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Place name proposal - Stewart Crags
The proposal was to to approve Stewart Crags as the official name for the steep cliffs rising from Haast River adjacent to the Gates of Haast bridge.
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Place name proposal - Kororāreka
The proposal was to alter the existing unofficial recorded name Russell to Kororāreka for the small township in the Bay of Islands, on the east coast of Northland Region.
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Recent place names announced by Geographic Board
Several place names have recently been made official, including amendments to existing names, some made official under fast-track, and a changed name for Stewart Crags.
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Place name proposal - Mitiwai Stream
The proposal is to approve a recorded unofficial name Mitiwai Stream as the official place name of a small stream that flows into the Tasman Sea, southwest of Kawhia Harbour, near Taharoa.
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Consultation opens on proposal to change name of National Park to Waimarino
Consultation has opened on a proposal to change the name of National Park village to Waimarino, as well as a related proposal to change the name of its railway station, National Park Station, to Waimarino Railway Station.
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