Pursuant to sections 57 and 58 of the Raukawa Claims Settlement Act 2014 ("Settlement Act 2014"), the New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa ("Board") hereby gives notice of two new and one altered geographic names.
Schedule 1 below specifies the details of the new geographic names; their geographic feature types and their descriptions.
Schedule 2 below specifies the details of the altered geographic name; its geographic feature type; its description; and its former name.
The official geographic names took effect on 17 April 2014, being the date that the Settlement Act 2014 came into effect.
Pursuant to section 59 of the Settlement Act 2014, the Board may in the future agree to alter any official geographic name, as listed in Schedules 1 and 2 below, with the consent of the trustees of the Raukawa Settlement Trust.
South Auckland Land District
Schedule 1
Official Geographic
Name Geographic Feature Type Description
Whenua a-kura Historic site An historic site at the southernmost end of the Kaimai Range, located at
the head of Mahina-a-rangi Stream near State Highway 29, approximately 15km south-east of Matamata. NZTopo50-BD36 577 054. Assigning a new name for an unnamed feature.
Whatawhata Historic site An historic site at the confluence of Mahina-a-rangi Stream and Waiomou Stream, approximately 10km south-east of Matamata near the intersection
of Stopford Road with State Highway 24. NZTopo50-BD35 519 064. Assigning a new name for an unnamed feature.
Schedule 2
Official Geographic
Name Geographic Feature Type Description Former Geographic Name
Mahina-a-rangi Stream Stream A stream flowing generally north-west from Kaimai Range beginning south-east of spot height 580m into Waiomou Stream approximately 10km south-east of Matamata. NZTopo50-BD36 577 054 to BD35 519 064. Alteration from Omahine Stream (recorded name). Omahine Stream (recorded, not official)
Dated at Wellington this 24th day of April 2014.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.