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• Poutini - A Guardian Taniwha

  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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• Meretoto / Ship Cove

  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.
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• Mercury Bay and Whitianga

  The names of the bay and town were the cause of local tensions in the 1920s and 1930s.
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• NZGB notices – April 2024

  Decisions and corrections that were gazetted in April.
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• NZGB notices – November 2018

  Notice of an altered Crown protected area name.
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• Ataturk Memorial, Wellington

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

  Tangata whenua place names of Aotearoa New Zealand pre European settlement.
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• Maps of Te Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui - first edition 1995

  Tangata whenua place names of Aotearoa New Zealand, pre European settlement.
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• Place names of New Zealand

  Search the New Zealand Gazetteer for official and recorded place names.
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• Recent place name decisions

  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.
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• Admiralty Bay

  Cook named many places after men in the British Admiralty because they were the power and money behind his voyages.
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• Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui

  Discover the stories behind the dual name of this prominent feature in Hawke’s Bay.
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• Centenary timeline of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

  Notable milestones in the 100 year history of place naming in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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• Paikea - Memories of Home

  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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• Kupe - The Discoverer

  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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• Seddonville Soldiers Memorial Recreation Reserve

  The First World War through place names. Seddonville Soldiers Memorial Recreation Reserve.
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• Pyramus Peak, Canterbury

  The First World War through place names. Pyramus Peak, Canterbury.
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• Mount Joffre, South Main Divide

  The First World War through place names. Mount Joffre, South Main Divide.
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• Mou Waho Island (Harwich) Scenic Reserve, Lake Wanaka

  The First World War through place names. Tyrwhitt Peak, Lake Wanaka.
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• Soldiers place names

  The call to arms for the First World War saw New Zealand men from all walks of life enlist, leaving our shores to fight and in many cases die.
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• Campaigns place names

  Names like Gallipoli and Passchendaele are almost as well-known as that of the First World War itself. They are synonymous with the hardships that New Zealanders experienced in the war.
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• Naval commanders place names

  Stories behind New Zealand’s First World War place names. Commanders at sea could tip the balance between defeat and victory, which often meant the difference between life and death for the soldiers on shore.
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• Hawke Bay and Hawke’s Bay

  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.
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• Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere and Golden Bay / Mohua

  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.
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• Cook Strait

  Discover the naming history of the body of water now known as Cook Strait.
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• Motukōkako Island / Piercy Island and Cape Brett

  Originally named for its feather gathering, Cook later named it in honour of a Lord of the Admiralty.
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• NZGB notices – July 2022

  Assigned and altered geographic names
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• North Island and South Island NZGB decisions - 17 October 2013

  Final determination to assign Alternative Geographic Names to the North Island / Te Ika-a-Māui and the South Island / Te Waipounamu.
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• NZGB notices – September 2023

  Proposed and altered geographic feature names
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• NZGB notices – August 2023

  Proposed, approved and altered geographic and undersea feature names.
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• Place name stories

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

  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.
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