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  • Geographic Board celebrates its Māori name

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    As part of the 2022 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is pleased to announce greater prominence to our te reo Māori name.
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  • Mount Axford officially named after prominent space scientist

    /news/2021-10/mount-axford-officially-named-after-prominent-space-scientist
    The official name Mount Axford has been given to a previously unnamed mountain in the Kepler Mountains in Fiordland National Park by Minister for Land Information Hon Damien O’Connor.
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  • Paekākā proposed as official name for inner-city area in Wellington

    /news/2021-05/paekaka-proposed-official-name-inner-city-area-wellington
    The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is inviting public submissions on officially assigning Paekākā to the inner-city area of Wellington covering the Botanic Garden precinct, Anderson Park, and Bolton Street Memorial
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  • Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka

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    Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka
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  • 820 place name decisions announced

    /news/2021-11/820-place-name-decisions-announced
    The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced 820 place name decisions. These include four official place names in the Darran Mountains, Fiordland National Park:
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  • NZGB Secretary Wendy Shaw recognised at Public Service Day Awards

    /news/2021-11/nzgb-secretary-wendy-shaw-recognised-public-service-day-awards
    Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board’s Wendy Shaw has been recognised at the Te Rā Ratonga Tūmatanui - Public Service Day Awards.
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  • Name change addresses long-standing Treaty grievance

    /news/2022-02/name-change-addresses-long-standing-treaty-grievance
    A long-standing Treaty grievance for mana whenua will be addressed when the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa formally changes Maxwell to Pākaraka today.
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  • Place naming proposals and recent decisions

    /news/2021-05/place-naming-proposals-and-recent-decisions
    The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa made 1,454 official decisions at its April hui on place names in the Tasman and Marlborough regions, as well as for undersea feature names around New Zealand.
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