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Notice Title

Amendments—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa—Amendments to Official Offshore Island Place Names

Pursuant to the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 (“Act”), the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa gives notice in the six schedules below for 132 offshore island place names published in the New Zealand Gazette on the dates with the headings detailed in each Schedule, amend the coordinates as per the second column.

Schedule 1

New Zealand Gazette, 12 October 1961, No. 65, page 1586 Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names

Official name (1)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Campbell Island Transverse Mercator 2000 (CATM2000) (mE, mN)

Rocky Bay

3504682.144,4173748.951


Schedule 2

New Zealand Gazette, 22 February 1968, No. 9, page 268 Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names

Remarks: all positions previously notified are 300m–900m southeast of the correct positions of the feature.

Auckland Islands

Official name (19)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Auckland Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AKTM2000) (mE, mN)

Anjou Point

3501525.914,4365026.379

Boatshed Bay

3495136.118,4364882.001

Chapman Pinnacle

3494086.077,4365065.175

Chateau Creek

3505929.974,4369915.104

Crab Bay

3504506.861,4369449.578

Emergency Bay

3507618.629,4367184.445

Emergency Point

3506835.017,4367353.643

Erlangen Hill

3500638.122,4378988.322

Fairchilds Garden

3494264.861,4365917.705

Fall Bay

3497866.303,4363286.522

Fleming Bay

3503972.906,4363044.243

Forges Bay

3506366.351,4364154.184

Godley Valley

3496102.907,4368018.849

Granite Point

3504247.135,4369087.890

Harris Bay

3496754.067,4363961.064

Haskell Point

3505082.447,4367428.225

Maclaren Bay

3501844.741,4362920.886

Magnetic Bay

3500630.350,4362972.288

Survey Bay

3499232.188,4362877.105


Schedule 3

New Zealand Gazette, 7 November 1980, No. 132, page 3278 Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Re-assigning of Place Names

Kermadec Islands

Remarks: New Zealand Gazette, 19 January 1984, No. 3, page 89 – Corrigendum Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names previously corrected the positions of Mount Campbell and Hutchison Bluff.

After the above correction, positions previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/6 are uniformly ~700m east-southeast of the correct positions of the features.

Official name (55)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Raoul Island Transverse Mercator 2000 (RITM2000) (mE, mN)

Bells Beach

3506450.227,6763742.737

Bells Flat

3506164.275,6763688.203

Bells Ravine

3506504.040,6763371.410

Blue Lake

3508316.175,6762401.646

Boat Cove

3510142.731,6759931.154

Coral Bay

3510226.833,6762423.329

Crater Creek

3507269.541,6761500.635

D’Arcy Point

3507303.088,6757572.681

Dayrell Island

3513865.463,6763545.661

Denham Bay

3504550.938,6761812.445

Denham Bay Flat

3504425.744,6762752.627

Devastation Ridge

3507973.100,6762012.805

Dougall Rocks

3508305.078,6757883.482

Egeria Rock

3510202.791,6763016.412

Expedition Hill

3506014.892,6762282.697

Fishing Rock

3509378.581,6762896.995

Fleetwood Bluff

3507079.903,6763634.930

Fumarole Ridge

3507544.182,6761133.201

Green Lake

3507862.549,6761370.280

Herald Islets

3514079.660,6763074.939

Howard Rock

3511769.398,6760433.670

Hutchison Bluff

3501852.630,6763762.474

Judith

3509344.031,6762056.739

Lava Point

3511029.101,6760649.510

Low Flat

3507467.074,6763089.090

Low Flat Gully

3507014.555,6762678.252

Mahoe

3505573.326,6758908.039

Matatirohia

3507183.878,6763471.544

Meyer Islands

3511911.353,6763527.913

Milne Islets

3509340.134,6759507.033

Moumoukai

3508947.162,6761083.380

Mount Campbell

3507278.021,6762386.480

Napier Island

3512151.609,6764911.357

Nash Point

3510557.600,6759422.403

Ngaio

3507993.628,6762958.706

Ngaio Bluff

3508143.308,6763092.100

Nightbell Gully

3506692.650,6763021.559

North Chanter Island

3514154.378,6762865.579

Nugent Island

3512688.025,6765036.082

Oneraki Beach

3507680.138,6763249.956

Parsons Rock

3502627.008,6757959.641

Prospect

3506707.440,6760205.088

Pukekohu

3505559.572,6762585.421

Ravine Eight

3505204.369,6763522.746

Rayner Point

3509776.051,6762800.704

Sentinel

3510544.661,6759818.538

Smith Bluff

3504035.447,6758006.192

South Chanter Island

3514211.395,6762567.073

Sunshine Valley

3507232.020,6758986.085

Te Konui Point

3510200.579,6759567.710

Tui Lake

3506462.189,6761599.768

Turtle Bay

3510297.841,6761995.787

West Chanter Island

3513721.730,6762904.288

Wilson Point

3511122.552,6759933.520

Wolverine Rock

3503507.701,6761352.932


Southland Land District

Remarks: New Zealand Gazette, 26 August 2021, Notice No. 2021-ln3377 Amendments to Standardise Existing Official Dual Names—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa: standardised Solander Island (Hautere) as Solander Island / Hautere.

Official name (7)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of New Zealand Transverse Mercator 2000 (NZTM2000) (mE, mN)

Eastern Bay

1132903.464,4824009.221

Little Solander Island

1129728.287,4824349.559

North-west Bay

1131867.620,4824252.638

Pierced Stack

1132731.290,4823276.548

Sealers Cave

1132699.153,4824163.880

Solander Island / Hautere

1132364.395,4824189.768

South-west Bay

1132407.244,4823736.282


Antipodes Island Group

Remarks: New Zealand Gazette, 21 May 1981, No. 62, page 1419 Corrigendum Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names: previously corrected all longitude readings given as westings to eastings.

After the above correction, all positions previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/4 are uniformly ~750m south-southeast of the correct positions of the features.

Official name (14)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Antipodes Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AITM2000) (mE, mN)

Albatross Point

3484785.394,4491281.514

Anchorage Bay

3485652.869,4496416.938

Bollons Island

3486945.790,4498472.235

Cave Point

3480402.865,4494159.608

East Windward Island

3480807.395,4495295.572

Leeward Island

3486304.371,4493886.129

North Cape

3485179.703,4497190.842

Orde Lees Islet

3482444.366,4495677.999

Perpendicular Head

3485332.599,4497174.095

Reef Point

3486337.274,4496181.177

Ringdove Bay

3484587.620,4492219.811

South Islet

3482662.571,4490395.278

Stack Bay

3481034.425,4493273.602

West Windward Island

3479679.018,4495298.307


Snares Islands/Tini Heke

Remarks: positions previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/1 are ~300m-800m uniformly north of the correct positions of the features.

Official name (5)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Auckland Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AKTM2000) (mE, mN)

North Promontory

3544938.060,4679583.768

South Promontory

3545556.136,4677540.963

Penguin Slope

3545202.226,4679511.358

Ho Ho Bay

3545555.499,4678663.027

Mollymawk Bay

3545838.182,4678230.926


Bounty Islands

Remarks: New Zealand Gazette, 21 May 1981, No. 62, page 1419 Corrigendum Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names previously corrected all longitude readings given as westings to eastings.

After the above correction, all positions previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/5 are uniformly ~500m east-northeast of the correct positions of the features, for names in the Main Group, ~250m east for features in the Centre Group, and ~300-500m east-southeast for features in the East Group.

Official name (14)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Antipodes Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AITM2000) (mE, mN)

Bradley Cove

3501678.173,4709539.546

Castle Island

3503134.590,4707741.653

Depot Island

3501769.901,4709230.708

Funnel Island

3503118.113,4708105.382

Lion Island

3502971.159,4709168.703

Molly Cap

3504588.150,4707434.001

North Rock

3504806.637,4708317.892

Penguin Island

3501339.861,4708937.005

Prion Island

3503111.139,4707956.131

Proclamation Island

3502002.221,4709394.114

Ruatara Island

3501806.848,4708799.281

Skua Rock

3501437.458,4709485.365

Spider Island

3501629.204,4709648.994

Tunnel Island

3502094.348,4709252.572


Schedule 4

New Zealand Gazette, 14 May 1981, No. 58, page 1325 Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names

Remarks: the position previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/5 is ~500m east-northeast of the correct position of the feature, noting the gazette also did not specify if the longitude was east or west.

Bounty Islands

Official name (1)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Antipodes Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AITM2000) (mE, mN)

Ranfurly Island

3502271.373,4709178.071


Schedule 5

New Zealand Gazette, 1 December 1988, No. 206, page 5173 Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand

Geographic Board Re Assigning of Place Names

Remarks: The above gazette incorrectly listed Whalers Bay under Otago Land District. Southland Land District is correct.

New Zealand Gazette 6 April 1989, No. 62, page 1438 – Corrigendum Notice of Final Decision of the New Zealand Geographic Board Re Assigning of Place Names, previously attempted to correct the position, however made new errors of 50° instead of 52° and 160° instead of 169°, making the position incorrectly 665km away. It also incorrectly listed Whalers Bay under Canterbury Land District.

Official name (1)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Campbell Island Transverse Mercator 2000 (CATM2000) (mE, mN)

Whalers Bay

3505368.769,4176089.181


Schedule 6

New Zealand Gazette, 25 March 2004, No. 33, page 751 Notice of Final Decisions to Assign Place Names

Bounty Islands

Remarks: all positions previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/5 are ~500m east-northeast of the correct positions of the features for names in the Main Group, ~250m east for features in the Centre Group, and ~300-500m east-southeast for features in the East Group.

Official name (10)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Antipodes Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AITM2000) (mE, mN)

Blackfish Shoal

3502546.785,4709243.837

Bounty Islands

3502636.093,4708642.537

Bucket Cove

3502159.548,4709278.415

Centre Group

3503026.557,4707996.270

Con Island

3504610.877,4708146.792

Coronet Island

3502843.482,4707893.228

Dog Rock

3501767.235,4708974.270

East Group

3504601.115,4707929.008

Main Group

3501988.921,4709273.459

Seal Rock

3501724.003,4709589.328


Remarks
: all positions previously notified in terms of the latitudes and longitudes as shown on NZMS 272/4 are uniformly ~750m south-southeast of the correct positions of the features.

Antipodes Island Group

Official name (5)

Corrected/improved coordinates in terms of Antipodes Islands Transverse Mercator 2000 (AITM2000) (mE, mN)

Archway Island

3486562.993,4499323.034

Conical Hill

3485302.897,4495917.397

Mirounga Bay

3483550.661,4495664.866

Mount Galloway

3484200.778,4494218.717

Windward Islands

3480175.062,4495357.522


Dated at Wellington this 27th day of June 2024.

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