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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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• Place name proposal - Stewart Crags

  The proposal was to to approve Stewart Crags as the official name for the steep cliffs rising from Haast River adjacent to the Gates of Haast bridge.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• 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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• Place name proposal - Mitiwai Stream

  The proposal is to approve a recorded unofficial name Mitiwai Stream as the official place name of a small stream that flows into the Tasman Sea, southwest of Kawhia Harbour, near Taharoa.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• 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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• Tangata whenua place names

  Tangata whenua place names of Aotearoa New Zealand pre European settlement.
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• Ataturk Memorial, Wellington

  The First World War through place names. Ataturk Memorial, Wellington.
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• Place name proposal - Drury Railway Station

  The proposal was to assign a new official name to a railway station to be built in south Auckland.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Tauranga’s Mount Misery officially changes to Maungatūtū

  Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has announced the official name Maungatūtū for a hill 10km south of Tauranga.
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  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Ngāmoko Stream

  The proposal is to approve a recorded unofficial name Ngāmoko Stream as the official place name of a small and partially tidal stream that flows into Little Bay at Waikawau Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Te Kamo

  The proposal is to alter the existing unofficial recorded name Kamo to Te Kamo for the suburb approximately 5km north-northwest of Whangārei CBD.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name consultation - Te Ika-a-Māui

  The proposal was to restore the most commonly known and used original Māori name for New Zealand's two main islands - Te Ika-a-Māui and Te Waipounamu - as official alternative names.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• New Zealand Geographic Board

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa makes place names official so that there is an agreed name for a place.
  Landing page

  • Place naming

• New Zealand Geographic Board annual report 2021/22

  The 2021/22 annual report of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa, which aims to secure and celebrate New Zealand’s unique identity through place names.
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• Place name proposal - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

  This proposal is to correct the name of the Region to Manawatū-Whanganui
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Standard for undersea feature names - NZGBS60000

  This standard sets out the New Zealand Geographic Board’s criteria and principles for naming undersea features.
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• Standard for altering Region and District names - NZGBS60004

  This standard provides local authorities with a concise reference for making a proposal to alter a region or district name.
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• Standard for Antarctic place names in New Zealand’s area of interest - NZGBS60003

  This standard sets out the New Zealand Geographic Board’s criteria for naming features and places in New Zealand’s area of interest in Antarctica.
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  • Place naming

• Standard for New Zealand place names – NZGBS60002

  This standard sets out the New Zealand Geographic Board’s criteria for naming features and places in New Zealand.
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  • Place naming

• Annual Report 2020/21 of the New Zealand Geographic Board

  Presented to the Minister for Land Information as required by section 14 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008.
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• Place name stories

  Discover the stories behind many of New Zealand’s place names.
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• Completing a name proposal for an undersea feature

  Notes for completing a name proposal for an undersea feature.
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• Geographic Board opens consultation on proposed place names and announces official ones

  Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces recent decisions for official place names, and invites public submissions on proposed place name alterations.
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  • Place naming

• NZGB notices – September 2023

  Proposed and altered geographic feature names
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• Paekākā proposed as official name for inner-city area in 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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  • Māori and iwi
  • Place naming

• Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka

  Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka
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  • Māori and iwi
  • Place naming

• Request for copy of the proposal to alter Petone to Pito One

  This OIA response refused a request for a copy of the proposal to Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board to alter Petone to Pito One.
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• New Zealand Geographic Board members reappointed

  The Minister for Land Information, Hon Damien O’Connor has reappointed four current members to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.
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• 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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  • Māori and iwi
  • Place naming

• NZGB Secretary Wendy Shaw recognised at 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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  • Māori and iwi
  • Place naming

• Hundreds of original tangata whenua place names added to new Aotearoa maps

  Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has today released new maps of Te Ika-a-Māui and Te Waipounamu featuring hundreds of original tangata whenua place names as they were before European settlement.
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