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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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• Kaupapa for Māori Place Names - New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

  The NZGB has a function to collect and encourage the use of original Māori place names on official maps and charts. To help it to do this and to encourage Māori participation, the NZGB has developed this Kaupapa which describes ways of engaging with the…
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• Protocol for undersea feature naming in the area of interest of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

  This Protocol was developed by the NZGB in collaboration with MFAT to encourage other nations to consult with the NZGB before naming undersea features within its area of interest and before submitting a proposal to the Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature…
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• Place name proposal - Skerretts Creek

  This proposal is to alter the official place name Skerrets Creek to Skerretts Creek for a small stream that flows from the northern slopes of McKerrow to its confluence with Wainuiomata River in Wainuiomata, east of Wellington.
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• Place name proposal - Ohangao Creek

  This proposal is to assign Ohangao Creek as the official place name of an unnamed, mostly piped creek that flows from the north side of Kura Park into Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Tītahi Creek

  This proposal is to assign Tītahi Creek as the official place name of an unnamed, partially piped creek that flows from Whitireia Park into Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Waipaekākā

  This proposal is to assign Waipaekākā as the official name of a stream (locally known as Pakuao Stream) in Wellington, which flows along the northeast side of Te Ahumairanhi Hill to Grosvenor Terrace, from where it is piped to the historic shoreline at…
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• Place name proposal - Mount Axford

  This proposal is to assign Mount Axford as the official name of an unnamed peak at 1720m approximately 1km northwest of Lake Victoria in the Kepler Mountains, in Fiordland National Park.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Pākuku Stream

  This proposal is to alter the official place name Papuka Stream to Pākuku Stream for a small stream that flows into the Pacific Ocean, approximately 9.6km west-southwest of Cape Turnagain on the Wairarapa coast.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Te Korowhakaunu / Kanáris Sound

  This proposal is to alter the spelling in the second part of the official dual name Te Korowhakaunu / Cunaris Sound to Te Korowhakaunu / Kanáris Sound. Both parts of the name would continue to be used together as one official dual name.
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• Place name proposal - Rangitoto-ki-te-Tonga / d'Urville Valley

  This proposal is to alter D'Urville Seavalley to Rangitoto-ki-te-Tonga / d'Urville Valley and make it the official dual name of an undersea valley that extends from 60km south of Cape Egmont south-eastwards to Narrows Basin in Cook Strait.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Whaitiri

  This proposal is to alter Waitiri (peak) to Whaitiri, and correct the position from NZTopo50-CB09 053446 to NZTopo-CB09 050434.
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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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• 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
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• Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka

  Call for submissions on Maxwell name change to Pākaraka
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• 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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• NZGB notices – August 2023

  Proposed, approved and altered geographic and undersea feature names.
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• 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
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• 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
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• Whangārei suburb Kamo now Te Kamo

  Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the Whangārei suburb of Kamo has been renamed Te Kamo.
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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Treaty settlement place name proposals

  Only Te Arawhiti (The Office for Māori Crown Relations), on behalf of a Treaty claimant group, can make a proposal to restore or change a place name through a Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement.
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  • Māori and iwi

• Crown reserve name proposal

  Only the Department of Conservation (DOC) can propose a name for a Crown reserve in New Zealand and its offshore islands including adjacent marine areas.
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