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• Researching place names

  Resources to help you research place names when making a proposal.
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  • Place naming

• International place naming

  The NZGB engages with international naming authorities on Antarctic, undersea, regional and global place naming matters.
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  • Place naming

• Approving unofficial place names

  Information for councils and mana whenua about approving recorded (unofficial) Māori place names as official.
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  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Whanganui or Wanganui

  This proposal is to change the spelling of Wanganui to Whanganui
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Whanganui District

  This proposal is for the alteration of an official name - from Wanganui District to Whanganui District.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

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

  • Place naming

• Geographic Board opens consultation on proposed railway station names south of Auckland

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has opened public consultation on proposed names for three new railway stations around Drury, south of Auckland. The proposed names are:
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  • Place naming

• NZGB notices – August 2022

  Proposed railway station names.
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  • Place naming

• 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

• Place name proposal - Paerātā 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

• Place name proposal - Ngākōroa 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

• Place name proposal - Karanga-a-Hape Railway Station

  The proposal was to assign a new official name to a railway station along the new, underground twin railway line (City Rail Link) through the Auckland CBD.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Maungawhau / Mount Eden Railway Station

  The proposal was to alter an existing name to a railway station along the new, underground twin railway line (City Rail Link) through the Auckland CBD.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Te Waihorotiu Railway Station

  The proposal was to assign a new official name to a railway station along the new, underground twin railway line (City Rail Link) through the Auckland CBD.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Waitematā Railway Station

  The proposal was to alter the existing name for a railway station along the new, underground twin railway line (City Rail Link) through the Auckland CBD.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Public feedback sought on central Auckland railway station name proposals

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has opened public consultation on proposed names for four central Auckland railway stations.
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  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Stewart Creek

  The proposal was to alter the existing unofficial place name Stewarts Creek to an official name, Stewart Creek.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• 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

• NZGB notices – September 2022

  Proposals to alter, approve and assign geographic names.
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  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Ryan Creek

  The proposal was to assign Ryan Creek as the official place name of a small stream flowing on Remutaka Range into Ōrongorongo River.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Consultation opens on proposed place names Ryan Creek, Stewart Crags and Stewart Creek

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has opened public consultation on three proposals for official place names.
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  • Place naming

• Geographic Board celebrates its Māori name

  As part of the 2022 Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is pleased to announce greater prominence to our te reo Māori name.
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  • Māori and iwi
  • Place naming

• Completing a New Zealand place name proposal

  Notes for completing a place name proposal in New Zealand or its offshore islands.
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  • Place naming

• Consultation closing on for name of new lake near Wairoa

  Consultation on the name for a new lake on Mangapōike River is closing on 16 May
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  • Place naming

• NZGB notices – May 2022

  Proposed, approved, adopted, assigned, altered, amended and corrected geographic names
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  • Place naming

• North Island range’s original Māori name restored, name change to Omanui / McKinnon Pass on Milford Track

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced a range southwest of Rotorua is now officially named Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe.
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  • Place naming

• Official place names announced, consultation opens for name of Wainuiomata creek

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced decisions from its April hui, including corrections to existing Māori place names and making fifteen undersea feature names official.
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  • 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 - North Island

  The proposal was to make the current English name for the North Island official.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - South Island

  The proposal was to make the current English name for the South Island official.
  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

• Place name proposal - Te Waipounamu

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

  • Place naming