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Consultation Open for Name Proposals

November 14, 2013

Consultation Open for Name Proposals

The New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has today opened public consultation on four new proposals to assign new, or to alter existing, geographic names around the country.

From today, various newspapers throughout the country will include public notice advertisements. The proposals now open for public consultation are:
Hohi: proposal to adopt the traditional Māori name for an unnamed feature at the historic locality of the first mission station at Rangihoua Bay, in the Bay of Islands;
Stokes Beach: proposal to name an unnamed beach within Tauranga Harbour, located on the northern shores of the suburb of Otumoetai and extending east from Tilby Point to the reclaimed part of Kulim Park;
Norman Creek: proposal to name an unnamed creek that flows into Lake Wanaka, opposite Ruby Island;
Codfish Island / Whenua Hou: proposal to alter an island referred to on maps and charts variously as ‘Codfish Island (Whenuahou)’, ‘Codfish (Whenuahau) Island’, ‘Codfish Island’, ‘Whenua hōu’, ‘Codfish Island / Whenuahou’, and ‘Codfish Island / Whenua Hou’.

Consultation on these proposals closes on 14 February 2014. Any member of the public can make a submission either supporting or objecting to these proposals. Submissions can be made in writing to the Secretary for the New Zealand Geographic Board, via the online forms, or to nzgbsubmissions@linz.govt.nz.

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The NZGB further advises that it has:
• Adopted official names for two undersea features in the west Ross Sea of Antarctica; and
• Adopted as official 133 recorded names around the country.

Visit the LINZ website for information about these adopted names, general place naming and the New Zealand Geographic Board.

ENDS

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