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Amendments and Corrigendum—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

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18 Nov 2021

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New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act Approved official geographic names Land Information New Zealand

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2021-ln4944
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The two notices in Schedule 1 relating to 12 existing official place names are amended as listed in the third column.

The notice in Schedule 2 relating to an existing official place name is corrected as listed in the third column.

Schedule 1

Notice Heading Gazette Reference Action
List of Place-names approved by the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 Replace “Hamutinui (mountain)” with “Hamutīnui (mountain)”
Replace “Makahakaha (stream)” with “Mākahakaha Stream” for the feature in Gisborne Land District
Replace “Makahikatoa (stream)” with "Mākahikātoa Stream” for the feature in Mata Survey District
Replace “Makahikatoa (stream)” with “Mākahikātoa Stream” for the feature in Tokomaru Survey District
Replace “Makokomuka (stream)” with “Mākōkōmuka Stream” for the feature in Hikurangi Survey District
For “*Studholme (passes)”, delete the asterisk, and replace the description “Unmapped. Two passes, Upper and Lower, at the headwaters of the Hunter River” with “Two passes, Upper Studholme Pass to the north at NZTopo50-BY14 263267 and Lower Studholme Pass to the south at NZTopo50-BY14 262253 at the headwaters of Hunter River West Branch”
Replace “Tiheru (island)” with “Tīheru Island”
Replace “Turihaua (stream)” with “Turihauā Stream” for the feature in Gisborne Land District in both Turanganui Survey District and Whangara Survey District (same feature listed on two rows).
Replace “Waihirere (stream)” with “Waihīrere Stream”
Replace “Wairaupo (island) with “Wairaupō (island)”
Replace “Waiwhetu (settlement)” with Waiwhetū (suburb)”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names New Zealand Gazette, 23 January 1953, No. 3, page 87 Replace “Turihaua” with “Turihauā”

Schedule 2

Notice Heading Gazette Reference Action
Notice of Approved Official Geographic Names New Zealand Gazette, 10 December 2019, Notice No. 2019-ln5662 Replace “Waiwhetu Stream” with “Waiwhetū Stream”

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of November 2021.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.