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NZGB notices – August 2024
Assigned, altered and discontinued geographic names and a correction.
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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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Place name proposal - Maewa
This proposal was to make Maewa the official name of a suburb at the north end of Feilding.
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Place name proposal - Pito One
This proposal was to change the name Petone to Pito One, for the suburb in Lower Hutt.
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New Zealand Geographic Board publishes 2023/24 Annual Report
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has published its 2023/24 Annual Report, highlighting a year of significant achievements and milestones.
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We were asked when Zealandia was changed to Te Riu-a-Māui, who made the proposal, and who was consulted
We were asked when the name of the partially submerged geological continent that New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and New Caledonia sit on changed from Zealandia to Te Riu-ā-Maui. We were asked who proposed the Māori name and whether the other countries on the continent were consulted.
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Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board research for the proposal to alter Petone to Pito One and the recommendations considered by Minister Penk
This OIA response released Board research on the proposal to alter Petone to Pito One, a copy of the Briefing to the Minister with the Board’s decision, the returned copy with the Minister’s final determination with associated correspondence.
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Information held by Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board for the Takanini to Takaanini proposals including correspondence with the Minister’s Office
This OIA response released copies of the Briefing to the Minister with the Board’s decisions on the proposals to alter Takanini to Takaanini and Takanini Railway Station to Takaanini Railway Station. It also released all attachments to the briefing, associated correspondence, and advice about the Minister’s final determinations.
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NZGB notices – February 2025
Assigned, altered, validated, discontinued, amended and corrected geographic feature names.
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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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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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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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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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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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Frameworks of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
This document outlines the policies, principles, guidelines, and practices of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
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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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Place name consultation
Have your say on proposed names within New Zealand.
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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 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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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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