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• New Zealand Geographic Board hui and minutes

  We meet 3 times a year to consider place names.
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• International place naming

  The NZGB engages with international naming authorities on Antarctic, undersea, regional and global place naming matters.
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• NZGB notices – August 2022

  Proposed railway station names.
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• NZGB notices – January 2023

  Proposed, approved, altered and amended geographic names.
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• History of the Board

  Learn about how the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa came into existence.
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• Place name maps and publications

  Publications about traditional and current place naming produced by the New Zealand Geographic Board.
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• About the New Zealand Geographic Board

  Making place names official enables clear communication and connections between people, places, and information. They identify where we are as we go about our everyday business.
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• Acheron Passage and Resolution Island

  Two journeys of discovery led to the naming of these features in Fiordland’s Tamatea / Dusky Sound.
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• South Cape / Whiore

  Botanist Joseph Banks’ hope of New Zealand being the ‘great southern continent’ were dashed when the HMB Endeavour rounded the southernmost point of Stewart Island / Rakiura and only ocean lay beyond. In 1998 the Ngāi Tahu Treaty settlement restored the…
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• Banks Peninsula

  Named after the naturalist Joseph Banks, Banks Peninsula was shown on maps as an island for forty years until an 1809 survey.
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• Cannibal Cove

  While the HMB Endeavour was under repair in Meretoto / Ship Cove, Cook took a small boat and crew to explore Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui.
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• Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont

  Discover the stories of the naming of this maunga.
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• Bay of Plenty

  Discover the story of Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi, later named Bay of Plenty by Cook in 1769.
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• Dusky Sound

  Tuia - Encounters 250: Cook’s place names around New Zealand - Dusky Sound
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• Place names from Cook’s voyages

  The stories of over 260 place names associated with Lieutenant James Cook’s voyages to New Zealand in the late 1700s.
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• Features named after Passchendaele

  The First World War through place names. Paschendale Ridge in Westland National Park / Tai Poutini National Park, Passchendaele Ice Fall and Passchendaele Peak in South Main Divide.
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• Gallipoli Heights, Antarctica

  The First World War through place names. Gallipoli Heights, Antarctica.
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• Forrest Hill, North Shore

  The First World War through place names. Forrest Hill, North Shore.
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• Cradock Channel, Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana

  The First World War through place names. Cradock Channel, Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana.
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• Units place names

  In times of war, military units become a family that was never forgotten by the men and women who served within them.
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• Anzac Bay at Bowentown and Waiheke Island; Anzac Peaks near Aoraki / Mount Cook

  The First World War through place names. Anzac Bay at Bowentown, at Waiheke Island, and near Aoraki/Mount Cook.
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• Tōhē - A Last Journey

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

  Alternative official names for this Te Ika-a-Māui North Island feature recognise the great Pacific navigator Kupe and Sir Hugh Palliser, who was a key supporter of Cook in the British Admiralty.
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• Poor Knights Islands

  Mystery surrounds why Cook named this island group ‘Poor Knights’.
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• Researching place names

  Resources to help you research place names when making a proposal.
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• Maps of Te Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui - second edition 2023

  Tangata whenua place names of Aotearoa New Zealand, pre European settlement. Download the second edition of these maps and learn about the updates made in 2023.
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• NZGB notices – March 2023

  Final decisions on assigned, altered, validated and discontinued geographic names.
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• Mount Row, Arthur’s Pass National Park

  The First World War through place names. Mount Row, Arthur’s Pass National Park.
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• Arethusa Pool, Lake Wanaka

  The First World War through place names. Arethusa Pool, Lake Wanaka.
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• Mount French, South Main Divide

  The First World War through place names. Mount French, South Main Divide.
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• Ataturk Memorial, Wellington

  The First World War through place names. Ataturk Memorial, Wellington.
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• New Zealand’s First World War place names

  Behind New Zealand’s First World War place names.
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