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NZGB notices – August 2023
Proposed, approved and altered geographic and undersea feature names.
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Whangārei suburb Kamo now Te Kamo
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board announces today that the Whangārei suburb of Kamo has been renamed Te Kamo.
News
Place naming
Treaty settlement place name proposals
Only Te Arawhiti (The Office for Māori Crown Relations), on behalf of a Treaty claimant group, can make a proposal to restore or change a place name through a Treaty of Waitangi claims settlement.
Guidance
Place naming
Māori and iwi
Crown reserve name proposal
Only the Department of Conservation (DOC) can propose a name for a Crown reserve in New Zealand and its offshore islands including adjacent marine areas.
Guidance
Place naming
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.
Guidance
Place naming
Amendment of Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council name under the Local Government Act 2002
Updated name for Manawatū-Whanganui Regional Council
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Place naming
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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Place naming
Cook Strait
Discover the naming history of the body of water now known as Cook Strait.
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Motukōkako Island / Piercy Island and Cape Brett
Originally named for its feather gathering, Cook later named it in honour of a Lord of the Admiralty.
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Place naming
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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Place naming
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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Place naming
Kaupapa for Māori Place Names - New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
The NZGB has a function to collect and encourage the use of original Māori place names on official maps and charts. To help it to do this and to encourage Māori participation, the NZGB has developed this Kaupapa which describes ways of engaging with the…
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Place naming
Protocol for undersea feature naming in the area of interest of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
This Protocol was developed by the NZGB in collaboration with MFAT to encourage other nations to consult with the NZGB before naming undersea features within its area of interest and before submitting a proposal to the Sub-Committee on Undersea Feature…
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Place naming
Place name proposal - Skerretts Creek
This proposal is to alter the official place name Skerrets Creek to Skerretts Creek for a small stream that flows from the northern slopes of McKerrow to its confluence with Wainuiomata River in Wainuiomata, east of Wellington.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Ohangao Creek
This proposal is to assign Ohangao Creek as the official place name of an unnamed, mostly piped creek that flows from the north side of Kura Park into Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Tītahi Creek
This proposal is to assign Tītahi Creek as the official place name of an unnamed, partially piped creek that flows from Whitireia Park into Tītahi Bay, Porirua.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Waipaekākā
This proposal is to assign Waipaekākā as the official name of a stream (locally known as Pakuao Stream) in Wellington, which flows along the northeast side of Te Ahumairanhi Hill to Grosvenor Terrace, from where it is piped to the historic shoreline at…
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Place naming
Place name proposal - Mount Axford
This proposal is to assign Mount Axford as the official name of an unnamed peak at 1720m approximately 1km northwest of Lake Victoria in the Kepler Mountains, in Fiordland National Park.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Pākuku Stream
This proposal is to alter the official place name Papuka Stream to Pākuku Stream for a small stream that flows into the Pacific Ocean, approximately 9.6km west-southwest of Cape Turnagain on the Wairarapa coast.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Te Korowhakaunu / Kanáris Sound
This proposal is to alter the spelling in the second part of the official dual name Te Korowhakaunu / Cunaris Sound to Te Korowhakaunu / Kanáris Sound. Both parts of the name would continue to be used together as one official dual name.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Rangitoto-ki-te-Tonga / d'Urville Valley
This proposal is to alter D'Urville Seavalley to Rangitoto-ki-te-Tonga / d'Urville Valley and make it the official dual name of an undersea valley that extends from 60km south of Cape Egmont south-eastwards to Narrows Basin in Cook Strait.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
Place name proposal - Whaitiri
This proposal is to alter Waitiri (peak) to Whaitiri, and correct the position from NZTopo50-CB09 053446 to NZTopo-CB09 050434.
Consultation › place name
Place naming
NZGB notices – July 2022
Assigned and altered geographic names
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North Island and South Island NZGB decisions - 17 October 2013
Final determination to assign Alternative Geographic Names to the North Island / Te Ika-a-Māui and the South Island / Te Waipounamu.
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