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Decisions and corrections that were gazetted in April.

Notice of an altered Crown protected area name.

Assigned, altered, validated, discontinued, amended and corrected geographic feature names.

Cook named many places after men in the British Admiralty because they were the power and money behind his voyages.

The names of the bay and town were the cause of local tensions in the 1920s and 1930s.

Ship Cove may be an unimaginative name, but it was Cook’s favourite anchorage in New Zealand. It was officially dual named in 2014 by two Treaty of Waitangi settlements.

Discover the stories behind the dual name of this prominent feature in Hawke’s Bay.

A tale from He Korero Pūrākau Mo Ngā Taunahanahatanga a Ngā Tūpuna (Place Names Of The Ancestors) - A Māori Oral History Atlas

The First World War through place names. Mount Row, Arthur’s Pass National Park.

The First World War through place names. Arethusa Pool, Lake Wanaka.

The First World War through place names. Mount French, South Main Divide.

The First World War through place names. Ataturk Memorial, Wellington.

Behind New Zealand’s First World War place names.

Have your say on proposed names within New Zealand.

Search the New Zealand Gazetteer for official and recorded place names.

Find recent decisions on place names within New Zealand and its offshore islands, on the continental shelf, and in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.

Proposed and altered geographic feature names

Proposed, approved and altered geographic and undersea feature names.

Proposed, assigned, approved, discontinued, and amended geographic feature names.

Assigned and altered geographic names.

Warning shots turned away Māori waka approaching the HMB Endeavour, leading to the naming of this Bay of Plenty feature.

Named for Sir Edward Hawke, First Lord of the Admiralty from 1766 to 1771. Find out why the name of the bay and region are shown differently.

Abel Tasman, Dumont d’Urville and James Cook all named these two bays at the top of Te Waipounamu South Island, with the current dual names made official in 2014 through Treaty of Waitangi Settlements.

Discover the naming history of the body of water now known as Cook Strait.

Originally named for its feather gathering, Cook later named it in honour of a Lord of the Admiralty.

A tale from He Korero Pūrākau Mo Ngā Taunahanahatanga a Ngā Tūpuna (Place Names Of The Ancestors) - A Māori Oral History Atlas

A tale from He Korero Pūrākau Mo Ngā Taunahanahatanga a Ngā Tūpuna (Place Names Of The Ancestors) - A Māori Oral History Atlas

The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has ten members. We are supported by a Secretariat within Toitū Te Whenua who provide administrative support, research, advice and project delivery.

Discover the stories behind many of New Zealand’s place names.

The First World War through place names. Seddonville Soldiers Memorial Recreation Reserve.

The First World War through place names. Pyramus Peak, Canterbury.