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  • Completing a proposal for an Antarctic place name

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    Notes for completing a proposal for an Antarctic place name.
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  • Te Awa o Mokotūāraro name confirmed for Hawke’s Bay river

    /news/2023-06/te-awa-o-mokotuararo-name-confirmed-hawkes-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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  • Petone name change proposal

    /news/2024-06/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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  • Celebrating 100 years of place naming

    /news/2024-09/celebrating-100-years-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 decisions announced

    /news/2024-12/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

    /news/2025-10/public-consultation-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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  • District or region name change proposal

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    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.
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  • Consulting with Māori when making a place name proposal

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    Find out why and how to consult with Māori when making a place name proposal.
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  • Hundreds of Māori place names made official in Hawke’s Bay Region 

    /news/2025-10/hundreds-maori-place-names-made-official-hawkes-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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  • Completing a district or region name proposal form

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    A proposal to change the name of a district or region requires the relevant council to make a formal resolution consenting to or requesting this change. A council may propose the change itself or agree to a proposal being made from someone else.

    To make a proposal, download the proposal form:

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  • Recent place names announced by Geographic Board

    /news/2023-01/recent-place-names-announced-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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  • Consultation opens on proposal to change name of National Park to Waimarino

    /news/2023-11/consultation-opens-proposal-change-name-national-park-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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  • New Zealand Geographic Board publishes 2023/24 Annual Report

    /news/2024-11/new-zealand-geographic-board-publishes-202324-annual-report
    The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has published its 2023/24 Annual Report, highlighting a year of significant achievements and milestones.
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  • Propose a place name in New Zealand and its offshore islands

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    How to propose names for geographic features and places in New Zealand and its offshore islands to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB).
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  • Completing a name proposal for an undersea feature

    /guidance/place-naming/propose-place-name/propose-undersea-feature-name/completing-name-proposal-undersea-feature
    Notes for completing a name proposal for an undersea feature.
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  • Geographic Board opens consultation on proposed place names and announces official ones

    /news/2023-06/geographic-board-opens-consultation-proposed-place-names-and-announces-official-ones
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces recent decisions for official place names, and invites public submissions on proposed place name alterations.
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  • How to use the New Zealand Gazetteer

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    A guide to using the New Zealand Gazetteer of place names.
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  • Hundreds of original tangata whenua place names added to new Aotearoa maps

    /news/2023-07/hundreds-original-tangata-whenua-place-names-added-new-aotearoa-maps
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has today released new maps of Te Ika-a-Māui and Te Waipounamu featuring hundreds of original tangata whenua place names as they were before European settlement.
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  • Place naming decision: Russell

    /news/2025-05/place-naming-decision-russell
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the proposal to name the township of Russell has been declined.
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  • Name change consultations open for Rangitīkei District and Feilding suburb

    /news/2024-06/name-change-consultations-open-rangitikei-district-and-feilding-suburb
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is opening consultations today on place name proposals for the Rangitikei District and Maewa, a suburb of Feilding.
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  • Consultation opens on proposals to name geographic features

    /news/2024-11/consultation-opens-proposals-name-geographic-features
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has opened consultation to officially name and correct the spelling of nine geographic features, including peaks, streams, glaciers and a reef.
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  • Treaty settlement place name proposals

    /guidance/place-naming/propose-place-name/treaty-settlement-place-name-proposals
    Only Te Tari Whakatau (The Office of Treaty Settlements and Takutai Moana), on behalf of a Treaty claimant group, can make a proposal to restore or change a place name through a Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement.
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  • Propose an undersea feature name

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    You can propose names for undersea features such as seamounts, troughs, ridges and sea channels on the continental shelf of New Zealand and in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.
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  • Crown reserve name proposal

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    Only the Department of Conservation (DOC) can propose a name for a Crown reserve in New Zealand and its offshore islands including adjacent marine areas.
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  • Whangārei suburb Kamo now Te Kamo

    /news/2023-08/whangarei-suburb-kamo-now-te-kamo
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the Whangārei suburb of Kamo has been renamed Te Kamo.
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  • Completing a New Zealand place name proposal

    /guidance/place-naming/propose-place-name/propose-place-name-new-zealand-and-its-offshore-islands/completing-new-zealand-place-name-proposal
    Notes for completing a place name proposal in New Zealand or its offshore islands.
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  • New names for Auckland railway stations

    /news/2023-03/new-names-auckland-railway-stations
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces seven new names for Auckland railway stations.
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  • Proposal to correct spelling of Franz Josef town and glacier names

    /news/2023-11/proposal-correct-spelling-franz-josef-town-and-glacier-names

    Consultation is now open for a month on a proposal to correct the spelling of Franz Josef in the names of the village and glacier.

    The proposals were made to Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aoteatoa New Zealand Geographic Board by a member of the public. 

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  • Place name decisions announced by New Zealand Geographic Board

    /news/2023-11/place-name-decisions-announced-new-zealand-geographic-board

    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has announced recent place naming decisions across Aotearoa New Zealand.

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  • Auckland City place names proposed

    /news/2024-06/auckland-city-place-names-proposed
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is opening consultations today on proposals to correct and restore two Māori place names within Auckland City.
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  • Place name decisions announced by Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aoteatoa New Zealand Geographic Board

    /news/2024-06/place-name-decisions-announced-nga-pou-taunaha-o-aoteatoa-new-zealand-geographic-board
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aoteatoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces it is adopting five existing undersea feature names as official, amending three official place names and discontinuing three trig names.
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  • Fiordland mountain proposed to be named after former PM Norman Kirk

    /news/2025-10/fiordland-mountain-proposed-be-named-after-former-pm-norman-kirk
    Consultation has opened today to name an unnamed mountain, Mount Kirk, in honour of former Prime Minister Norman Kirk.
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