Notice of Discontinued Official and Recorded Geographic Names
Pursuant to sections 10(1)(d), 24(2)(b) and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“Board”) gives notice of ten discontinued official and recorded geographic names, as described in the schedule below.
These names relate to geographic feature types that the Board no longer has naming jurisdiction for, where the geographic feature no longer exists, or are a duplicate record, therefore they should not be official or recorded geographic names.
The Board’s final determinations on these discontinued geographic names took effect on 23 October 2025.
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Discontinued Geographic Name |
Geographic Feature Type |
NZTopo50 grid reference |
Former Status: Official by New Zealand Gazette or Recorded |
Discontinuation reason |
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Pukeora Forest |
Forest |
BL37 983689 |
Unofficial recorded name |
No longer exists |
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Kaiarahi |
Trig Station |
BJ37 899431 |
New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
Outside Board’s jurisdiction |
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Maharakeke Settlement |
Appellation |
BL37 938641 |
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Ohuinga |
Trig Station |
BL36 675829 |
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Pukakaramea |
Trig Station |
BH39 454818 |
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Rahuimokairoa |
Trig Station |
BJ43 pts BJ42, BH42, BH43 218511 |
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Wairakai |
Trig Station |
BL37 985662 |
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Mapouriki |
Trig Station |
BG39 323105 |
New Zealand Gazette, 25 October 1951, No. 82, page 1607 |
Outside Board’s jurisdiction |
|
Coldwater Stream |
Stream |
BS24 846642 |
New Zealand Gazette, 24 February 1972, No. 18, page 379 |
No longer exists |
|
Lake Rotopai |
Lake |
BP23 469464 |
New Zealand Gazette, 30 October 2014, Notice No. 2014-ln6661 |
Duplicate record |
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of October 2025.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.