List of Place-names




July 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 941

Year. Name. Survey District. Land District. Remarks.
1941 Bishop and Clerks (islands) Anglem Southland Often referred to as the Clerks or White Rocks.
1938 *Black (peak) Earnslaw Otago Between Earnslaw and Rees Rivers.
1943 Blackney (point) Karikari North Auckland Block III. Relocated.
1938 Bledisloe (gorge) Matukituki Otago On east branch of Matukituki River above Kitchener Creek.
1934 Blimit (peak) Bealey Canterbury In Arthur Pass National Park.
1936 Blizzard (peak) Mount Sefton.. Westland 7,900 ft. Between Pioneer and Scott Peaks.
1938 Blockade (peak) Humboldt Otago Blocking west end of Olive Ice Plateau.
1945 Blockhouse Bay (post-office) Titirangi North Auckland Block IV. Formerly Avondale South.
1944 Bluff (point) Pencarrow Wellington Mile south-east of Pencarrow Head.
1943 Boulder (col) Whitcombe Canterbury A natural gate through the Barrier Ridge, between the Jagged and Thompson Streams. Block X.
1940 Boulderpool (creek) Tyndall Westland Running from Speculation Range to Adams River.
1937 Boys (col) Forbes Otago 7,800 ft. Between Mounts Amundsen and Lydia on the Barrier Range.
1941 Bragg (bay) Paterson Southland In Half Moon Bay.
1944 Braida (crags) Waiau Southland Block IX.
1938 Brenda (peak) Humboldt Otago North of Fohn Saddle.
1941 Broad (bay) South Cape Southland Otherwise known as Wilson Bay.
1944 Browns (stream) Pencarrow Wellington Tributary of Orongorongo.
1944 Browns (track) Pencarrow Wellington From Catchpool to Orongorongo River.
1931 Bruce Murray (peak) Torlesse Canterbury On Panorama Ridge near terminal of Classen Glacier.
1938 Bryndwr (locality) Christchurch Canterbury Block IV.
1943 Bull (creek) Hawdon Canterbury Block IV.
1941 Buller (bay) Paterson Southland On The Neck, Stewart Island.
1943 Buller (railway-station) Inangahua Nelson Block V. On Inangahua Junction-Westport Railway.
1941 Bunker (islets) Paterson Southland Stewart Island.
1944 Burdans (track) Pencarrow Wellington Block IV.
1938 Buscot (telephone office) Benmore Otago Under hill of the same name.
1944 Butcher (track) Pencarrow Wellington Joins Baker Track.
1934 *Butler (saddle) Ramsay Canterbury Unmapped. In the Upper Rangitata District.
1941 Butterfield (beach) Paterson Southland In Half Moon Bay.
1944 Butterfly (creek) Pencarrow Wellington Block I.
1938 *Byrniera (range) Humboldt Otago West of Hidden Falls Creek.
1932 Cadman (lake) Fiord County.. Southland Chalky Sound. Adopted in preference to Freshwater Cove and Hamer.
1944 Cahill (glacier) Davie Canterbury Block III.
1930 Cairn (creek) Waitahuna West Otago Bruce County. Replaces White Cow Gully.
1943 Cameron (col.) Whitcombe Canterbury Crosses main Arrowsmith Range between Mount Arrowsmith and Couloir Peak. Block XIII.
1943 Camp (bay) Whangaroa North Auckland Block II.
1943 Camp (creek) Whangaroa North Auckland Block II.
1934 Cardiac (creek) Hunter Otago Issuing from Melville Glacier on Mount Holdsworth.
1943 Carrick (river) Fiord County Southland Chalky Sound. Adopted in preference to Flood Creek.
1941 Carter (bay) Paterson Southland On The Neck, Paterson Inlet. Commonly known as Papatiki.
1941 Carter (rocks) Paterson Southland Near Carter Bay.
1932 Casey (stream) Hawdon Canterbury Flowing into the Poulter River.
1936 *Castalia (lake) Mount Pollux.. Otago One mile east of Mount Castor.
1938 Catchpool (stream) Pencarrow Wellington Not “Catchpole.”
1944 Catchpool (spur) Pencarrow Wellington Block V. About two miles in length, running from Mount Grace south.
1937 Cathedral (rocks) Ruapehu Wellington 8,600 ft. Prominent rocks on Mount Ruapehu.
1945 Cattle (creek) Clyde Canterbury Block I. A long creek that flows off the Cloudy Peak Range to join the Clyde River.
1945 Central Otago .. .. Not “Otago Central.”
1938 Cerberus (glacier) Waitangi-Taona Westland Falling into the head of the Spencer Glacier.
1928 Cerberus (mountain) Humboldt Otago ..
1928 Cerberus Mount Cerberus Wellington ..
1928 Cerberus (mountain) Snowdon Southland ..
1941 Chase (island) Pegasus Southland Otherwise known as Pearl Island.
1941 Chasland (point) Paterson Southland At entrance to Paterson Inlet.
1944 Chastleton (trig.) Tengawai Canterbury Block VIII.
1931 Cheeseman (mountain) Harper Canterbury On the Craigieburn Range.
1929 Chinaman (flat) Tuapeka West Otago This name preserves past history.

*Approved subject to fixation of feature on map.



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14 July 1948
Place-names, Geographic Board, Survey Districts, Land Districts