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Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is opening consultations today on proposals to correct and restore two Māori place names within Auckland City.

It proposes restoring the original Māori name Te Tōangaroa to an area on the waterfront of Auckland’s CBD and correcting the spelling of Takanini to Takaanini.

Te Tōangaroa

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei made the proposal to restore the traditional Māori name Te Tōangaroa and assign it as an official place name for an area along part of the waterfront of Auckland’s CBD.

The name would apply to the area bordered by Britomart Place, Beach Road, Quay Street and State Highway 16, which contains Spark Arena, The Strand Railway Station, Te Taou Reserve, Mahuhu ki te Rangi Park and several apartment buildings.

Board Secretary Wendy Shaw says the kōrero given by the proposer says the name refers to the dragging of waka a long way to the shoreline. 

The existing suburb names within the proposed Te Tōangaroa area are not being changed or replaced and there would be no changes to addresses or any need to update signage.

Takaanini

Proposals have been made to correct the spelling of Takanini to Takaanini for the suburb and the railway station. The proposals are endorsed by mana whenua, Te Ākitai Waiohua.

The suburb and railway station are named after rangatira (chief) Īhaka Wirihana Takaanini Te Tihi (1800 – 1864). 

The spelling with the double aa correctly reflects that Takaanini is a compound word made up of taka and ānini, together meaning giddy or whirling. 

Auckland Transport installed signs at the railway station with the ‘aa’ spelling in 2018.

If successful, maps and signs can be updated over time as they age and need replacing.

How to have your say

The Board would now like to hear from the wider community before any final decisions are made.

Submissions on the proposals can be made in the following ways:

Consultation closes:

  • 11 July 2024 for Te Tōangaroa
  • 10 September 2024 for Takaanini suburb and railway station

 

The Board will not release submission details before final decisions are made. The submission reports will be available on the Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand website at the time final decisions are announced.

New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa place naming process

 

Kua tonoa ētahi ingoa wāhi mō te Puku o Tāmaki Makauarau 

Pānui Arapāho 

Ka tuwhera i te rangi nei te whakapāpātanga a Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa mō ētahi tono ki te whakatika me te whakahoki ake i ētahi ingoa wāhi Māori i te puku o Tāmaki Makaurau.  

E tono ana kia whakahokia te ingoa Māori ake o Te Tōangaroa ki tētahi wāhi i te tapatai o te Puku o Tāmaki Makaurau, kia whakatikaina anō te tuhia o Takanini kia Takaanini.

Te Tōangaroa

I tāpaea te tono e Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei kia whakahokia te ingoa Māori ake o Te Tōangaroa ki tētahi wāhanga o te tapatai kei te Puku o Tāmaki Makaurau, kia tohua anō hei ingoa mana. 

E hāngai ana te ingoa ki te takiwā kei ngā paenga o Britomart Place, o Beach Road, o Quay Street me te Huanui 16, kei reira nei te Spark Arena, te Strand Railway Station, Te Taou Reserve, te Mahuhu ki te Rangi Park me ētahi wharenoho tīkoke. 

Hei tā te Hēkeretari o te Poari a Wendy Shaw, ki tā te kaitono e tohu ana te ingoa i te tōanga tawhiti o te waka ki uta.   

Kāore e panonitia, e whakakapingia ngā ingoa paenoho kua takoto kei roto i te wāhi e tonoa ana mō Te Tōangaroa, ka mutu, kāore e panonitia te wāhitau, e mate rānei ki te whakahou tohu huarahi.  

Takaanini

Kua tāpaea ētahi tono kia whakatikaina te tuhia o Takanini kia Takaanini mō te paenoho me te teihana rerewē.  E tautokohia ngā tono e te mana whenua, e Te Ākitai Waiohua.

I taunahatia te paenoho me te teihana rerewē ki te rangatira ki a Īhaka Wirihana Takaanini Te Tihi (1800 – 1864). 

E tohu ana te tuhia o te aa he kupu pūhui a Takaanini e hono ana i te taka me te anini, e rangona ai ngā mea katoa e hurihuri ana me te hiahia hinga anō. 

I whakaurua e Auckland Transport te tuhia o te aa ki ngā tohu i te teihana rerewē i te 2018.

Ki te angitu te tono, ka taea ngā mahere whenua me te tohu huarahi te whakahou i roto i te wā ina tawhito haere, ka mate ki te whakahou.   

Me pēhea te tuku whakaaro mai 

Kua hiahia rongo te Poari ināianei i ngā whakaaro o te hapori whānui i mua i ngā whakatau whakamutunga. 

Ka taea te tuku whakaaro mai mō te tono i ēnei huarahi nei: 

Ka kati te whakapā haere hei te 11 o Hōngongoi 2024 mō Te Tōangaroa me te 10 o Mahuru 2024 mō te paenoho o Takaanini me te teihana rerewē.  

 

E kore te Poari e tuku taipitopito tāpaenga whakaaro i mua i te whakatau whakamutunga. Ka wātea te pūrongo tāpaenga ki te paetukutuku a Toitū Te Whenua ina pānuitia te whakatau whakamutunga. 

New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa place naming process

 

 

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