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Amendments—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

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18 Jan 2023

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

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The four notices in the Schedule below relating to seven existing official geographic names with the notice heading in the first column and the dates published in the New Zealand Gazette in the second column, are amended as listed in the third column.

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List of Place-names approved by the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand

New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939

Replace “Aspinall (peak)” with “Mount Aspinall” and replace “At head of Albert Burn, south of Mount Lois.” With “A mountain at 1908m at the head of Matukituki River East Branch, south of Mount Lois. NZTopo50-BZ11 719846”.

Replace “Kororareka (bay)” with “Kororāreka Bay”.

Replace “Lois (peak)” with “Mount Lois” and replace “On the ridge at the head of Albert Burn” with “A mountain at 2015m near the head of Matukituki River East Branch. NZTopo50-BZ11 715855”.

Replace “Whaingaroa (harbour)” with “Whāingaroa Harbour”.

Reservation of Land

New Zealand Gazette, 26 June 1975, No. 53, page 1417

Replace “Kororareka Point Scenic Reserve” with “Kororāreka Point Scenic Reserve”.

Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names

New Zealand Gazette, 8 November 1984, No. 204, page 4798

Replace “Whakatikei” with “Whakatīkei”.

Notice of Final Decision as to Assignment of Place Names

New Zealand Gazette, 5 April 1990, No. 53, page 1213

Replace “Kaumatua” with “Kaumātua”.


Dated at Wellington this 18th day of January 2023.

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