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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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• 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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• Consulting with Māori when making a place name proposal

  Find out why and how to consult with Māori when making a place name proposal.
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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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• Place name proposal - Ngākōroa Railway Station

  The proposal was to assign a new official name to a railway station to be built in south Auckland.
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• Poor Knights Islands

  Mystery surrounds why Cook named this island group ‘Poor Knights’.
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• Place name proposal - Rangiriri

  The proposal is to alter the recorded unofficial locality names Rangiriri, Rangiriri West and Churchill to the one official name Rangiriri with an officially defined extent (boundary) as depicted below.
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• Place name proposal - Franz Joseph / Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere

  The proposal is to alter the official place name Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere to Franz Joseph Glacier / Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere for the glacier that flows from a large basin in the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana to its terminus…
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• Te Ika-a-Māui tangata whenua place names map

  This map shows the place names given by tangata whenua throughout Te Ika-a-Māui, before European settlement
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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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• Researching place names

  Resources to help you research place names when making a proposal.
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• Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont

  Discover the stories of the naming of this maunga.
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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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• Māori Language Plan for Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board

  The purpose of Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa Māori Language Plan is to be clear about the impact the Board has or can have in relation to language revitalisation.
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• Place name proposal - Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe

  This proposal is to assign Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe as the official place name of an unnamed, 6.4km long range west of Horohoro (locality), southwest of Rotorua.
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• Place name proposal - Kapakapanui Creek

  This proposal is to assign Kapakapanui Creek as the official place name of an unnamed, partially piped creek that flows from Tuna Terrace into Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
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• Place name proposal - Lake McKinnon

  This proposal is to alter Lake Mackinnon to Lake McKinnon, for the lake in Fiordland National Park approximately 10km from the head of Taitetimu / Caswell Sound and 8.5km west-northwest of the head of South West Arm, Lake Manapouri.
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• Place name proposal - Omanui / McKinnon Pass

  This proposal is to alter Mackinnon Pass to the official dual name Omanui / McKinnon Pass, for the alpine saddle at 1069m on Milford Track, Fiordland National Park.
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• Place name proposal - Lake Te Horonui

  This proposal was to assign Lake Te Horonui as the official name of an unnamed newly formed permanent lake on Mangapoike River, approximately 37km southwest of Gisborne and 30km northeast of Wairoa.
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• Place name proposal - Taumoana Canyon

  This proposal is to alter Five Fingers Canyon to Taumoana Canyon and make it the official name of an undersea canyon extending offshore from the entrance to Tamatea / Dusky Sound.
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