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Amendments—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
The four notices relating to nine existing official geographic names as described in the Schedule below are amended per the third column.
Notice heading
New Zealand Gazette Reference/s
Amendment
List of Place-names approved by the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand
New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939
Replace “Mangangarara (stream)” with “Mangangārara Stream”
Replace “Oraka (beach)” with “Ōraka Beach”
Replace “Ponui (stream)” with “Pōnui Stream”
Replace “Turangakumu (locality)” with “Tūrangakumu (locality)”
Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names
New Zealand Gazette, 25 October 1951, No. 82, page 1607
Replace “Tukemokihi” with “Tukemōkihi”
New Zealand Gazette, 24 July 1975, No. 62, page 1632
Replace “Karamu Stream” with “Karamū Stream”
Replace “Purimu Stream” with “Pūrimu Stream”
Replace “Tutaekuri-Waimate Stream” with “Tūtaekurī-Waimate Stream”
Notice of Final Decisions to Assign Place Names
New Zealand Gazette, 25 March 2004, No. 33, page 751
Replace “Te Wharepouri Mark” with “Te Wharepōuri Mark”
Dated at Wellington this 23rd day of October 2025.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.