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NZGB notice – March 2025
Assigned Crown Protected Area name.
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NZGB notices – April 2025
Discontinued and new Crown protected area names and altered and confirmed geographic names.
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Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui
Named by Cook after the wife of King George III, Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui was officially dual named in 2014 through two Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
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Tohoraha / Mount Camel
Originally named by Kupe who took it for a whale (tohoraha being the southern right whale), Cook later named this feature after a camel.
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Doubtless Bay
While Cook had no doubts about the nature of this feature, he didn’t know that French explorer Jean François Marie de Surville had anchored in Doubtless Bay for two weeks in 1769 before sailing for Peru.
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Paepae-o-Tū / Bream Tail, Bream Head, Bream Bay
Named by Cook for a huge haul of fish. In 2012 the original Māori place name Paepae-o-Tū was restored by the Ngāti Manuhiri Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
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Cape Terawhiti and Cape Koamaru
Find out why uncertainty about the spelling and meanings of Cape Terawhiti and Cape Koamaru persist today.
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Young Nicks Head / Te Kurī and Te Kuri a Paoa / Young Nick’s Head National Historic Reserve
Paoa was captain of the Horouta waka and his name and exploits are featured across the east coast of Te Ika-a-Māui North Island. Cook named it after the 12-year-old crewman who first spotted land from HMB Endeavor.
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A Māori Oral History Atlas
Stories from Place Names of the Ancestors, A Māori Oral History Atlas.
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Suburb and locality names
We encourage councils, developers and communities to make proposals to officially name your suburbs and localities.
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Armistice Peak, south of Aoraki / Mount Cook
The First World War through place names. Armistice Peak, south of Aoraki / Mount Cook.
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Tyrwhitt Peak, Lake Wanaka
The First World War through place names. Tyrwhitt Peak, Lake Wanaka.
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Birdwood Range, Canterbury Foothills
The First World War through place names. Birdwood Range, Canterbury Foothills.
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Propose a place name in Antarctica
You can propose a name for a place or feature in the Ross Dependency and other areas in Antarctica where New Zealand has an operational interest.
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Have your say on place name proposals
Find out how to make a submission on a proposed place name.
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Whanganui and the ‘h’
In 1991 Wanganui River was altered to Whanganui River, with an ‘h’, and made an official place name.
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Place name glossary and what we don’t name
Definitions for official, recorded, dual, alternative and collected place names, and what we don’t name.
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Place name proposal - Koangaumu Creek
This proposal is to assign Koangaumu Creek as the official place name of an unnamed creek that flows from Stuart Park into Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
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Place name proposal - Paekākā
This proposal is to assign Paekākā as the official name of an inner-city area in Wellington that includes Wellington Botanic Garden and extends to the reserves and facilities around it including Bolton Street Memorial Park to the northeast and the Wellington Cable Car buildings to the south.
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Place name proposal - Māhia Canyon
This proposal is to alter Poverty Canyon to Māhia Canyon and make it the official name of an undersea canyon offshore from Mahia Peninsula.
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Place name proposal - Whareama Valley
This proposal is to alter Whareama Sea Valleys to Whareama Valley, and make it the official name of an undersea valley offshore from the Wairarapa coast.
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Place name proposal - Mount Makere
The proposal is to alter Mount Mahere to Mount Makere and correct the position from NZTopo50-CB09 052455 to NZTopo50-CB09 053446.
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List of New Zealand's geographic features
To complement our interactive database of geographic features around New Zealand you can also download this full list of feature terms and descriptions.
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Place names
Search for place names and find resources for researching the names of places and geographic features.
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New Zealand Geographic Features
Search for images and descriptions of Aotearoa New Zealand's geographic features.
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Propose a place name
How to propose a new name for a place or feature in New Zealand, on our offshore islands or on our continental shelf, or in our Antarctic area of interest.
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NZGB notices – December 2025
Altered, assigned and approved geographic feature names and amended Crown protected area names.
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