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• Place name proposal - Hillpark

  This proposal is to officially name Hillpark in Manurewa, Auckland, as a suburb with defined boundaries.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• Place name proposal - Matakaoa Re-entrant

  This proposal is to alter Matakoa Re-entrant to Matakaoa Re-entrant, and make it the official name of a large undersea re-entrant offshore from East Cape.
  Consultation › place name

  • 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.
  News

  • 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

• Map of Te Ika a Maui, The Land and its People

  A map of Māori place and feature names in Te Ika-a-Māui North Island circa 1840. The index on the back of the map has their meanings where known, and their equivalent contemporary names, if any.
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  • Place naming

• Mount Axford officially named after prominent space scientist

  The official name Mount Axford has been given to a previously unnamed mountain in the Kepler Mountains in Fiordland National Park by Minister for Land Information Hon Damien O’Connor.
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  • Māori and iwi
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• Central Wellington area officially named Paekākā

  A central Wellington area covering the Botanic Garden precinct, Anderson Park and Bolton Street Memorial Park has been officially named Paekākā by the Minister for Land Information, Hon Damien O’Connor.
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• Consultation opens on proposal to change name of National Park to Waimarino

  Consultation has opened on a proposal to change the name of National Park village to Waimarino, as well as a related proposal to change the name of its railway station, National Park Station, to Waimarino Railway Station.
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  • Place naming

• Supporting documents for Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board’s proposal report for Waimarino and Waimarino Railway Station

  This response released all supporting documents for the Board’s proposal report for Waimarino and Waimarino Station.
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  • Place naming

• Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board costs for producing the Tangata Whenua Place Names maps

  Information about the costs for producing the Tangata Whenua Place Names maps.
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  • Māori and iwi
  • Place naming

• Poutini - A Guardian Taniwha

  A tale from He Korero Pūrākau Mo Ngā Taunahanahatanga a Ngā Tūpuna (Place Names Of The Ancestors) - A Māori Oral History Atlas
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• Frameworks of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

  This document outlines the policies, principles, guidelines, and practices of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
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• Mount Row, Arthur’s Pass National Park

  The First World War through place names. Mount Row, Arthur’s Pass National Park.
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• Arethusa Pool, Lake Wanaka

  The First World War through place names. Arethusa Pool, Lake Wanaka.
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• Mount French, South Main Divide

  The First World War through place names. Mount French, South Main Divide.
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• New Zealand’s First World War place names

  Behind New Zealand’s First World War place names.
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• Meretoto / Ship Cove

  Ship Cove may be an unimaginative name, but it was Cook’s favourite anchorage in New Zealand. It was officially dual named in 2014 by two Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
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• Place name consultation

  Have your say on proposed names within New Zealand.
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• Place name proposal - Pikipari Pass

  This proposal is to assign Pikipari Pass to the pass at NZTopo50-CB09 051451.
  Consultation › place name

  • Place naming

• NZGB notices – March 2023

  Final decisions on assigned, altered, validated and discontinued geographic names.
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• Maps of Te Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui - first edition 1995

  Tangata whenua place names of Aotearoa New Zealand, pre European settlement.
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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:
  News

  • 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 district or region name proposal form

  A proposal to change the name of a district or region requires the relevant council to make a formal resolution consenting to or requesting this change. A council may propose the change itself or agree to a proposal being made from someone else.
  Guidance

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• Place naming in the Ross Sea of Antarctica

  Consistent and accurate identification of place supports Antarctic science. Official place names assist with navigation and emergency responses including by use on topographic maps and hydrographic charts.
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• 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.
  Consultation › place name

  • 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 names of New Zealand

  Search the New Zealand Gazetteer for official and recorded place names.
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• Recent place name decisions

  Find recent decisions on place names within New Zealand and its offshore islands, on the continental shelf, and in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.
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• Propose a place name in New Zealand and its offshore islands

  How to propose names for geographic features and places in New Zealand and its offshore islands to the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB).
  Guidance

  • Place naming

• Admiralty Bay

  Cook named many places after men in the British Admiralty because they were the power and money behind his voyages.
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• Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui

  Discover the stories behind the dual name of this prominent feature in Hawke’s Bay.
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