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• Completing a proposal for an Antarctic place name

  Notes for completing a proposal for an Antarctic place name.
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  • Place naming

• District or region name change proposal

  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.
  Guidance

  • Place naming

• Consulting with Māori when making a place name proposal

  Find out why and how to consult with Māori when making a place name proposal.
  Guidance

  • Place naming
  • Māori and iwi

• Completing a district or region name proposal form

  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.
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  • Place naming

• Propose a place name in New Zealand and its offshore islands

  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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  • Place naming

• Completing a name proposal for an undersea feature

  Notes for completing a name proposal for an undersea feature.
  Guidance

  • Place naming

• Propose an undersea feature name

  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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• Treaty settlement place name proposals

  Only Te Arawhiti (The Office for Māori Crown Relations), 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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  • Place naming
  • Māori and iwi

• Crown reserve name proposal

  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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  • Place naming

• Completing a New Zealand place name proposal

  Notes for completing a place name proposal in New Zealand or its offshore islands.
  Guidance

  • Place naming

• Suburb and locality names

  We encourage councils, developers and communities to make proposals to officially name your suburbs and localities.
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  • Place naming

• Propose a place name in Antarctica

  You can propose a name for a place or feature in the Ross Dependency and other areas in Antarctica where New Zealand has an operational interest.
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  • Place naming

• Have your say on place name proposals

  Find out how to make a submission on a proposed place name.
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  • Place naming

• Propose a place name

  How to propose a new name for a place or feature in New Zealand, on our offshore islands or on our continental shelf, or in our Antarctic area of interest.
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  • Place naming

• Place name glossary and what we don’t name

  Definitions for official, recorded, dual, alternative and collected place names, and what we don’t name.
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  • Place naming