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Consulting with Māori when making a place name proposal
Find out why and how to consult with Māori when making a place name proposal.
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Place naming
Māori and iwi
History of the Board
Learn about how the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa came into existence.
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Place name maps and publications
Publications about traditional and current place naming produced by the New Zealand Geographic Board.
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About the New Zealand Geographic Board
Making place names official enables clear communication and connections between people, places, and information. They identify where we are as we go about our everyday business.
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District or region name change proposal
Councils can propose to change the name of their district or region. When the name of a district or region is changed, it also changes the legal name of its council.
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Place naming
New Zealand Geographic Board Strategy 2020-2025
Our strategy sets out our goals and objectives and how we will achieve them.
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International place naming
The NZGB engages with international naming authorities on Antarctic, undersea, regional and global place naming matters.
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Place name proposal - Whanganui District
This proposal is for the alteration of an official name - from Wanganui District to Whanganui District.
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Place name proposal - Lake Mangapōike
This proposal was to assign Lake Mangapōike 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 naming
Place name proposal - Maungatūtū
This proposal is to alter the existing unofficial recorded name Mount Misery to Maungatūtū for a 478m hill approximately 10km south of Tauranga.
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Place name proposal - Mount Milne
This proposal is to correct the position of Mount Milne from NZTopo50-CA09 056461 to NZTopo50-CB09 054458.
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Place name proposal - Pākaraka
This proposal is to alter the official place name Maxwell to Pākaraka for a locality on State Highway 3 approximately 19km west-northwest of Whanganui.
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Place name proposal - Waihemo / Shag River
This proposal is to alter the existing official name Shag River (Waihemo) to Waihemo / Shag River.
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Place naming
Place name proposal - Mount Tarewai
This proposal is to correct the position of Mount Tarewai from NZTopo50-CB09 054458 to NZTopo50-CB09 052455.
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Place naming
Matakitakiakupe or Cape Palliser
Alternative official names for this Te Ika-a-Māui North Island feature recognise the great Pacific navigator Kupe and Sir Hugh Palliser, who was a key supporter of Cook in the British Admiralty.
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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.
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Place naming
Poor Knights Islands
Mystery surrounds why Cook named this island group ‘Poor Knights’.
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Place name proposal - Rangiriri
The proposal is to alter the recorded unofficial locality names Rangiriri, Rangiriri West and Churchill to the one official name Rangiriri with an officially defined extent (boundary) as depicted below.
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Place name proposal - Franz Joseph / Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere
The proposal is to alter the official place name Franz Josef Glacier/Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere to Franz Joseph Glacier / Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere for the glacier that flows from a large basin in the Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana to its terminus…
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Te Ika-a-Māui tangata whenua place names map
This map shows the place names given by tangata whenua throughout Te Ika-a-Māui, before European settlement
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Place naming
Maps of Te Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui - second edition 2023
Tangata whenua place names of Aotearoa New Zealand, pre European settlement. Download the second edition of these maps and learn about the updates made in 2023.
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Researching place names
Resources to help you research place names when making a proposal.
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Place naming
Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont
Discover the stories of the naming of this maunga.
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Place naming
Completing a proposal for an Antarctic place name
Notes for completing a proposal for an Antarctic place name.
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Place naming
New Zealand Geographic Board hui and minutes
We meet 3 times a year to consider place names.
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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
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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Place naming
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa 2021/22 Annual Report
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board has published its annual report for 2021/22.
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Place naming
Minimum requirements for geographic name proposals
This policy specifies the New Zealand Geographic Board’s requirements for place or feature name proposals, including evidence required.
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Place naming
Place name proposal - Kororāreka
The proposal is to alter the existing unofficial recorded name Russell to Kororāreka for the small township in the Bay of Islands, on the east coast of Northland Region.
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Place naming
Recent place names announced by Geographic Board
Several place names have recently been made official, including amendments to existing names, some made official under fast-track, and a changed name for Stewart Crags.
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Place naming
NZGB notices – March 2023
Final decisions on assigned, altered, validated and discontinued geographic names.
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