Amendments—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

The 17 notices in the Schedule below relating to 27 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.

Schedule

Notice heading	New Zealand Gazette Reference/s	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 “Koamaru (Cape)” with “Cape Kōamaru”
		Replace “Terawhiti (cape)” with “Cape Terāwhiti”
		Replace “Kawhia (harbour)” with “Kāwhia Harbour”
		Replace “Oruru (river)” with “Ōruru River”
		Replace “Putatara (point)” with “Pūtātara Point”
		Replace “Putauaki (mountain)” with “Pūtauaki (mountain)”
		Replace “Rakaumangamanga” with “Rākaumangamanga (hill)”
		Replace “Ruamahanga (river)” with “Ruamāhanga River”
		Replace “Tirua (point)” with “Tīrua Point”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 31 March 1949, No. 22, page 858	Replace “Waihou” with “Waihōu”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 10 October 1974, No. 100, page 2163	Replace “Ohinau Island” with “Ōhīnau Island”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Name	New Zealand Gazette, 24 July 1975, No. 62, page 1632	Replace “Tutaekuri River” with “Tūtaekurī River”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 8 July 1982, No. 76, page 2163	Replace “Waianiwaniwa River” with “Waiāniwaniwa River”
	New Zealand Gazette, 8 July 1982, No. 76, page 2163	Replace “Puhina” which is included in the row “Chatham Islands Nomenclature” (and later specified in New Zealand Gazette, 15 May 2009, No.67, page 1515) with “Pūhina”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 17 February 1983, No. 18, page 409	Replace “Te Marua” with “Te Mārua”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 12 January 1984, No. 1, page 24	Replace “Makati” with “Makatī”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 8 November 1984, No. 204, page 4798	Replace “Matapia” with “Mātāpia”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Reassigning of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 22 August 1985, No. 155, page 3636	Replace “Orore Point” with “Ōrore Point”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board Re Assigning of Place Name	New Zealand Gazette, 12 June 1986, No, 89, page 2487	Replace “Tangahoe River” with “Tāngahoe River”
Notice of Final Decision as to Assignment of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 28 May 1992, No. 78, page 1513	Replace “Moutohora Island” with “Moutohorā Island”
Notice of Final Decision as to Assignment of Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 8 December 1994, No. 133, page 4349	Replace “Puwheke” with “Pūwheke”
Notice of Final Decision to Assign Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 15 January 1998, No. 1, page 78	Replace “Kopeka Island” with “Kōpeka Island”
Notice of Final Decision to Assign Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 15 January 1998, No. 1, page 78	Replace “Tia Island / Entrance" (as standardised in New Zealand Gazette, 26 August 2021, Notice No. 2021-ln3377) with “Tiā Island / Entrance”
Notice of Final Decisions to Assign or Alter Place Names	New Zealand Gazette, 20 October 2005, No. 177, page 4510	Replace “Waikekewai Creek” with “Waikēkēwai Creek”
Notice of the Final Determination of the Former Minister of Survey and Land Information THE HON DENIS MARSHALL on an Official Geographic Name Made on 15 January 1995	New Zealand Gazette, 9 June 2011, No. 81, page 1910	Replace “Ripiro Beach” with “Ripirō Beach”
Notice of Valid Antarctic Names	New Zealand Gazette, 11 May 2012, No.53, page 1477	Replace “67°24’S 179°55’W” with “-67.37713 -179.91718”
Notice of Approved Official Geographic Names	New Zealand Gazette, 19 December 2019, Notice No. 2019-ln5773	Replace “Wairaurāhiri River” with “Wairaurahiri River”

Dated at Wellington this 15th day of November 2024.

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

Amendments—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa

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