Pursuant to section 85 of the Affiliate Te Arawa Iwi and Hapu Claims Settlement Act 2008 (“the Settlement Act 2008”), the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“the Board”) hereby gives notice of new and altered official geographic place names (and their locations) in accordance with sections 83–87 of the Settlement Act 2008.
The first column of Schedule 1 below specifies a new place name and relates to the geographic feature type listed in the second column of Schedule 1.
The description of this new place name is described in the third column of Schedule 1.
The first column of Schedule 2 below specifies an altered place name and relates to the geographic feature type listed in the second column of Schedule 2.
The description of this altered place name is described in the third column of Schedule 2 and it will replace that former place name set out in the fourth column of Schedule 2.
Both the new and altered place names set out in the Schedules below shall take effect on 9 July 2009.
Pursuant to section 86 of the Settlement Act 2008, the Board may, in the future, agree to alter these new/altered official geographic place names or their locations, with the consent of the trustees of Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa Trust.
South Auckland Land District
Schedule 1
First Column Second Column Third Column
New Place Name Geographic Feature Type Description
Whakapoungakau Range Range Located west of Lake Okataina, extending generally northerly and then north-easterly from Millar Road to just west of the Okataina Outdoor Education Centre on Lake Okataina Road, topographic maps 260-U15-Ngongotaha, GR 092 408, to 260-U16-Rotorua, GR 057 329. New name for a feature not named on current mapping.
Schedule 2
First Column Second Column Third Column Fourth Column
Altered Place Name Geographic Feature Type Description Former Place Name
Rangitoto Peak Hill Located at the northern end of Whakapoungakau Range, topographic map 260-U16-Rotorua, height 758m at GR 079 398. Beaconed trig on summit named “N Whakapoungakau” (geodetic code 2303). Whakapoungakau
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of July 2009.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.