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• 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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• 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).
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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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• 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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• Centenary timeline of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

  Notable milestones in the 100 year history of place naming in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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• Place name proposal - Mitiwai Stream

  The proposal is to approve a recorded unofficial name Mitiwai Stream as the official place name of a small stream that flows into the Tasman Sea, southwest of Kawhia Harbour, near Taharoa.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Manawatū-Whanganui Region

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

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• 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

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• 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 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

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• New Zealand Geographic Board

  The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa makes place names official so that there is an agreed name for a place.
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• New Zealand Geographic Board annual report 2021/22

  The 2021/22 annual report of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa, which aims to secure and celebrate New Zealand’s unique identity through place names.
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• Place name proposal - Ngāmoko Stream

  The proposal is to approve a recorded unofficial name Ngāmoko Stream as the official place name of a small and partially tidal stream that flows into Little Bay at Waikawau Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula.
  Consultation › place name

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• Place name proposal - Te Kamo

  The proposal is to alter the existing unofficial recorded name Kamo to Te Kamo for the suburb approximately 5km north-northwest of Whangārei CBD.
  Consultation › place name

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• Completing a name proposal for an undersea feature

  Notes for completing a name proposal for an undersea feature.
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• Geographic Board opens consultation on proposed place names and announces official ones

  Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces recent decisions for official place names, and invites public submissions on proposed place name alterations.
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• Paikea - Memories of Home

  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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• Kupe - The Discoverer

  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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• Seddonville Soldiers Memorial Recreation Reserve

  The First World War through place names. Seddonville Soldiers Memorial Recreation Reserve.
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• Pyramus Peak, Canterbury

  The First World War through place names. Pyramus Peak, Canterbury.
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• Mount Joffre, South Main Divide

  The First World War through place names. Mount Joffre, South Main Divide.
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• Mou Waho Island (Harwich) Scenic Reserve, Lake Wanaka

  The First World War through place names. Tyrwhitt Peak, Lake Wanaka.
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• Soldiers place names

  The call to arms for the First World War saw New Zealand men from all walks of life enlist, leaving our shores to fight and in many cases die.
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• Campaigns place names

  Names like Gallipoli and Passchendaele are almost as well-known as that of the First World War itself. They are synonymous with the hardships that New Zealanders experienced in the war.
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• Naval commanders place names

  Stories behind New Zealand’s First World War place names. Commanders at sea could tip the balance between defeat and victory, which often meant the difference between life and death for the soldiers on shore.
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• Propose an undersea feature name

  You can propose names for undersea features such as seamounts, troughs, ridges and sea channels on the continental shelf of New Zealand and in the Ross Sea region of Antarctica.
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• Amendment of Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council name under the Local Government Act 2002

  Updated name for Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council
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• Hawke Bay and Hawke’s Bay

  Named for Sir Edward Hawke, First Lord of the Admiralty from 1766 to 1771. Find out why the name of the bay and region are shown differently.
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• Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere and Golden Bay / Mohua

  Abel Tasman, Dumont d’Urville and James Cook all named these two bays at the top of Te Waipounamu South Island, with the current dual names made official in 2014 through Treaty of Waitangi Settlements.
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• Cook Strait

  Discover the naming history of the body of water now known as Cook Strait.
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