Amendments—New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa—Amendments to Official Undersea Names

Pursuant to sections 25 and 26 of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the two notices in the Schedule below relating to three official geographic names with the notice heading in the first column and the date published in the New Zealand Gazette in the second column, are amended as listed in the third column.

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Notice Heading	New Zealand Gazette Reference	Amending Action
Notice of Adopted Existing Undersea Feature Names	New Zealand Gazette, 5 June 2014, No. 59, page 1642	For Kapukairo Knoll, replace: “37°02.33′S Latitude, 176°53.77′E longitude.” with “-37.0422 Latitude, 176.8861 Longitude”
Notice of Decisions to Alter Undersea Feature Names	New Zealand Gazette, 5 June 2014, No. 59, page 1645	Replace: “Puketuroto / Hoopers Channel” with “Puketūroto / Hoopers Channel” and replace: “46°20.00′S Latitude, 171°35.00′E Longitude.” with “-46.2784 Latitude, 171.3165 Longitude”
Notice of Decisions to Alter Undersea Feature Names	New Zealand Gazette, 5 June 2014, No. 59, page 1645	Replace “Puketuroto / Hoopers Canyon” with “Puketūroto / Hoopers Canyon”

Dated at Wellington this 27th day of May 2026.

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

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