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 74 discontinued official and recorded geographic names, as described in the schedules below.
These names relate to geographic features that no longer exist, therefore they should not be official or recorded geographic names.
The Board’s final determinations on these discontinued geographic names took effect on 27 May 2026.
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Discontinued Official Geographic Name |
Former Geographic Feature Type |
Former New Zealand Gazette |
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Amokura Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Bartletts Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Buller Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Clarence Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Edgecumbe Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Goose Bay Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Houhou Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Hundalee Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Ida Valley Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Kahika Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Kairua Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Kaitaratahi Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Kopuawhara Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Kowhai Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Mahuta Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Mangapehi Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Mangaroa Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Moumahaki Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Opoutama Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Parikawa Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Parnassus Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Punganui Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Rakautara Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Rangikura Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Tapuata Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Te Awa Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Tironui Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Turangarere Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Waiongana Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Waitewhena Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Wharanui Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
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Whitecliffs Railway Station |
Railway Station |
29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939 |
|
Maraetaha Railway Station |
Railway Station |
31 March 1949, No. 22, page 858 |
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Kaiwharawhara Railway Station |
Railway Station |
16 November 1950, No. 70, page 1989 |
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Kātiki Railway Station |
Railway Station |
16 November 1950, No. 70, page 1989, and amended by New Zealand Gazette, 8 September 2022, Notice No. 2022-ln3695 |
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Lichfield Railway Station |
Railway Station |
16 November 1950, No. 70, page 1989 |
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Moutohora Railway Station |
Railway Station |
16 November 1950, No. 70, page 1989 |
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Muri Railway Station |
Railway Station |
16 November 1950, No. 70, page 1989 |
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Ruatangata Railway Station |
Railway Station |
16 November 1950, No. 70, page 1989 |
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Kekerengu Railway Station |
Railway Station |
19 July 1951, No. 55, page 1019 |
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Hatuma Railway Station |
Railway Station |
25 October 1951, No. 82, page 1607 |
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Waikaia Railway Station |
Railway Station |
25 October 1951, No. 82, page 1607 |
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Ahuriri Railway Station |
Railway Station |
23 January 1953, No. 3, page 87 |
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Kotemaori Railway Station |
Railway Station |
23 January 1953, No. 3, page 87 |
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Orepuki Railway Station |
Railway Station |
23 January 1953, No. 3, page 87 |
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Rewiti Railway Station |
Railway Station |
23 January 1953, No. 3, page 87 |
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Tuamarina Railway Station |
Railway Station |
23 January 1953, No. 3, page 87 |
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Galatea Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
22 December 1954, No. 80, page 2088 |
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Horomanga Railway Station |
Railway Station |
22 December 1954, No. 80, page 2088 |
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Mangaone Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
22 December 1954, No. 80, page 2088 |
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Pokairoa Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
22 December 1954, No. 80, page 2088 |
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Tahuna Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
22 December 1954, No. 80, page 2088 |
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Ohui Railway Siding |
Railway Line |
22 March 1956, No. 17, page 406 |
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Wharemoa Railway Station |
Railway Station |
15 August 1963, No. 48, page 1181 |
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Kurow Branch Railway |
Railway Station |
5 May 1977, No. 49, page 1281 |
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Rewanui Branch Railway |
Railway Line |
5 May 1977, No. 49, page 1281 |
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Seddonville Branch Railway |
Railway Line |
5 May 1977, No. 49, page 1281 |
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Kennington Railway Station |
Railway Station |
2 March 1978, No. 13, page 422 |
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Abel Lake |
Lake |
30 April 1987, No. 62, page 1964 |
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Makareao Industrial Railway |
Railway Line |
14 January 1988, No. 2, page 31 |
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Otago Central Branch Railway |
Railway Line |
14 January 1988, No. 2, page 31 |
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Otiria-Kawakawa Industrial Railway |
Railway Line |
14 January 1988, No. 2, page 31 |
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Otiria-Okaihau Industrial Railway |
Railway Line |
14 January 1988, No. 2, page 31 |
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Cambridge Industrial Siding |
Railway Line |
29 August 1996, No. 94, page 2470 |
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Waiareka Industrial Line |
Railway Line |
29 August 1996, No. 94, page 2470 |
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Tāmaki Railway Station |
Railway Station |
New Zealand Gazette, 3 November 2011, No. 168, page 4698, and amended by New Zealand Gazette, 16 July 2020, Notice No. 2020-ln3114 |
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Discontinued Unofficial Recorded Name |
Former Geographic Feature Type |
Former NZTopo50 grid reference |
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Aickens |
Railway Station |
BU20 869628 |
|
Garston Railway Station |
Railway Station |
CD11 626560 |
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Inchbonnie Railway Station |
Railway Station |
BU20 751684 |
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Inglewood Railway Station |
Railway Station |
BH29 044650 |
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Jacksons Railway Station |
Railway Station |
BU20 793667 |
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Mina Railway Station |
Railway Station |
BV26 188602 |
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Sheffield Railway Station |
Railway Station |
BW22 206956 |
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Westfield Station |
Railway Station |
BA32 631106 |
Dated at Wellington this 27th day of May 2026.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.