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This Official Information Act response provided clarification on the Minister’s final determination to reject the proposal for Waimarino Railway Station, released all Ministerial briefings for three place naming proposals, and confirmed the Board Chairperson and Board Secretary have not met with the Minister for Land Information, Hon Chris Penk.

This Official Information Act response released copies of all submissions supporting the proposals to alter Takanini to Takaanini and Takanini Railway Station to Takaanini Railway Station.

This standard defines the criteria that the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa will use when reviewing and concurring with proposals from the Department of Conservation to assign or alter official Crown protected area names.

This policy provides guidance when considering and applying generic terms to geographic names. The primary purpose of the generic term is to describe the feature part of a place name, eg River or Maunga.

At its hui on 31 March 2025, the Board considered this report on a proposal to make Te Puaitaha Canyon the official name of a fully submerged canyon feature immediately west of Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound. The proposal was notified for one month so that the public could make submissions supporting or objecting to the proposed name.

This A3 PDF gives an overview of the New Zealand Geographic Board - Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa - The memorial markers of the landscape.

The request, from the proposer, was for the reasons why Minister for Land Information, Hon Chris Penk declined their proposals to alter the names of three glaciers in order to correct their spellings.