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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.

Consultation opens today on a proposal to correct the spelling of the Lower Hutt suburb Petone to Pito One.

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.

The Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board today announces decisions on 12 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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the proposal to name the township of Russell has been declined.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the Whangārei suburb of Kamo has been renamed Te Kamo.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces seven new names for Auckland railway stations.

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. 

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

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.

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.

Consultation has opened today to name an unnamed mountain, Mount Kirk, in honour of former Prime Minister Norman Kirk.

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is calling for public feedback on the proposal to change the name of the nation’s first capital, Russell, to its original Māori name, Kororāreka.

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is calling for public feedback on the proposal to make Ngāmoko Stream official for the small and partially tidal stream that flows into Little Bay at Waikawau Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula.

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is calling for public feedback on the proposal to change Clive River to Te Awa o Mokotūāraro.

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is proposing to change the unofficial name Kamo to Te Kamo for the suburb approximately 5km north-northwest of Whangārei CBD.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has officially named and defined the boundaries of two Waikato rural localities north of Huntly: Rangiriri and Whangamarino.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is proposing to make three “Meyer” place names official in the Waimate District.

Mount Misery to Maungatūtū, Clive River to Te Awa o Mokotūāraro and naming the newly formed lake Lake Te Horonui are just some of the decisions highlighted in the Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board 2022/23 Annual Report.

New Zealand’s official record of place names, the New Zealand Gazetteer, has been updated with improved accessibility and user experience.

Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today Franz Josef village and glacier will be retaining the existing spellings of their official dual names.