Geographic Place-names




JULY 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 945

Year. Name. Survey District. Land District. Remarks.
1941 Hamutinui (trig.) Otipi Gisborne Block V. Not “Hamutuni.”
1939 Hanmer (township) Lyndon Canterbury Instead of “Hanmer Springs.”
1939 Hapuku (railway-station) Mount Fyffe Marlborough South Island Main Trunk Railway. On the north side of the Hapuku River. Block V.
1944 Block IX. Not “Horonga-o-te-Kaahu.”
1941 Harongaatekahu (block) Waiau Gisborne
1944 Harris (trig.) Waitaki Canterbury Block V.
1938 Harrison (river) Milford Sound Southland Flowing into Harrison Cove.
1941 Harrold (bay) Paterson Southland In Half Moon Bay.
1924 Harwich (island) Mid-Wanaka Otago This name replaces Pigeon Island.
1934 *Hassing (peak) Hunter Otago Unmapped. At the head of the Hunter River.
1939 Hauhungaroa (range) Puketapu Auckland
1941 Haungakakahu (stream) Matakaoa Gisborne Block V. Not “Haungakakau.”
1941 Hauotaruke (bay) Waikaremoana West Gisborne Block VII. Not “Hoaitaruke.”
1928 Hauparu Rotorua Auckland Instead of Hau Paru.
1930 Hauroko (lake) Hauroko Southland Not “Hauroto.”
1944 Haycock (trig.) Mount Olympus Marlborough Block XVI.
1938 Head (peak) Forbes Otago Two miles north-east of Mount Cerberus.
1938 Headlong (peak) Forbes Otago At the head of a tributary of the Dart River.
1941 Hebe (island) South Cape Southland In Port Pegasus, Stewart Island.
1934 *Hector (glacier) Ramsay Canterbury Unmapped. At the head of the Rangitata River.
1934 *Hecuba (glacier) Ramsay Canterbury Unmapped. At the head of the Rangitata River.
1938 Heđin (peak) Humboldt Otago East of Betty Peak.
1934 *Heim (plateau) Ramsay Canterbury Unmapped. In the Upper Rakaia District.
1941 Hekerangi (point) Mahia Hawkes Bay Block XI.
1935 Helen (glacier) Ramsay Canterbury Tributary to the Frances Glacier at the head of the Rangitata River.
1938 *Helena (peak) Mount Castor Westland On Commissioner Range about one mile west of Mount Pollux.
1941 Hellfire (beach) Anglem Southland Stewart Island.
1943 Herekareo (hill) Whangape North Auckland Block VII. Not “Herekariau.”
1943 Hervey (gorge) Minchin Canterbury Blocks V and VI.
1938 *Hestor Pinney (creek and waterfall) Matukituki Otago Flowing west into east branch of the Matukituki River.
1943 Hidden (peak) Butlers Westland A broad summit on the Main Divide between Blair and Malcolm. Block XIV.
1941 Hikunui (stream) Wairarapa Wellington Block XII. Not “Hikinui.”
1945 Hikurangi (trig.) Galatea Auckland Block VII.
1941 Hikurangi (hill) Kumeu North Auckland Waitakere Ranges.
1941 Hikuwai (river) Uawa Gisborne Name of the right branch of the Uawa River. Block III.
1938 Hinekura (sheep-station) Waipawa Wellington Seventeen miles south-east of Martinborough.
1943 Hinge (peak) Owen Canterbury Between Cattle Creek and West Mathias. Block IV.
1943 Hokitika (saddle) Brownings Pass Westland South of Ambrose, between Mungo and Griffiths Rivers. Block IX.
1940 Holloway (peak) Forbeside Otago To the north-east of Temple and on the same ridge.
1941 Honokawa (mountain) Raukumara East Gisborne Block X. Also known as “Whanokao.”
1941 Horewai (point) Mount Adams Wellington Block IV. Not “Horiwi.”
1944 Hornes (ridge) Pencarrow Wellington Block IV. Near Mount Cameron.
1941 Horoera (locality and stream) East Cape Gisborne Block XI. Not “Horowera.”
1944 Hossack (river) Terako Canterbury Blocks V and IX.
1938 Houhora (block, trig., and harbour) Houhora East North Auckland
1944 Houhou (locality, railway-station, and creek) Waimea Westland Block XIII. Instead of Ho Ho.
1940 Huirangi (inlet) Russell North Auckland Off Waipiro Bay. Block III.
1941 Hukainui (point) Matakaoa Gisborne Block III. Not “Hukainui.”
1939 Hundalee (railway-station) Hundalee Marlborough South Island Main Trunk Railway. North bank of the Conway River.
1934 *Hunter (glacier) Hunter Otago Hanging glacier on southern face of Divide between Mounts Strauchon and Wills.
1941 Hunter (beach) Paterson Southland On The Neck, Stewart Island.
1941 Huramua (bridge, stream, and block) Taramarama Gisborne Not “Harumua.”
1941 Hurumauku (locality) Pohue Hawkes Bay Block VI. Not “Huramauku.”
1944 Hyde Rock (trig.) Obelisk Otago Station T.
1932 Ian (col) Katrine Canterbury On the watershed between Hurunui and Waimakariri Rivers.

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14 July 1948
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