✨ Place-names Approval List
JULY 29]
| Year. | Name. | Survey District. | Land District. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Maungahaumi (trig.) .. | Mangatu | Gisborne | Block I. Instead of Manga-haumia and Maungahunia. |
| 1940 | Maunganui .. | Bay of Islands | North Auckland | Block XVI. (Deep Water Cove.) |
| 1941 | Maungaparahi (block) | Raukumara East | Gisborne | Block VII. Not "Mangaparahi." |
| 1943 | Maungaparerua (stream) | Kaeo | North Auckland | Block XVI. |
| 1930 | Maungarake (block) .. | Otahoua | Wellington | Block XI. Not "Maungaraki." |
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| 1941 | Maungataipere | Koranga | Gisborne | Block V. Not "Mangatapere." |
| (mountain) | ||||
| 1941 | Maungawaru (survey district) | Gisborne | Not "Mangawaru." | |
| 1941 | Maungawhio (lagoon) | Mahanga | Hawkes Bay | Block V. Not "Mangawhio." |
| 1944 | Maungawhiorangi (trig.) | Waioeka | Gisborne | Block VI. |
| 1944 | Mavis (lake) | Bealey | Canterbury | Block III. |
| 1939 | Mawaro (locality) | Opawa | Canterbury | Feeding the Wills River. |
| 1934 | *Mawson (glacier) | Hunter | Otago | Running north from Elie-de-Beaumont to McFetrick Peak. |
| 1938 | Maximilian (range) .. | Waitangi-Taona | Westland | Replaces Okehu. |
| 1927 | Maxwell (railway-station) | Nukumaru | Wellington | |
| 1944 | McArthny (trig.) | Portobello Bay | Otago | Block II. |
| 1943 | McArthur (gorge) | Hawdon | Canterbury | Block VIII. |
| 1938 | McClimont (peak) | Humboldtside | Otago | Above Intervention Saddle. |
| 1945 | McCoy (col) | Ramsay | Canterbury | Block VI. On the range between Mount Nicholson and View Peak. |
| 1943 | McElroy (gorge) | Minchin | Canterbury | Block VII. |
| 1944 | McKerrow (stream) | Pencarrow | Wellington | Block II. Often called Champagne Creek. |
| 1937 | McLean (falls) | Tautuku | Otago | Block X. On the Tautuku River. |
| 1934 | *Melville (glacier) | Unmapped. On Mount Holdsworth. | ||
| 1938 | Memorial (icefall) | Humboldt | Otago | Into the Olivine Ice Plateau from Destiny Peak. |
| 1938 | *Mercury (peak) | Mount Pollux | Otago | On the divide, half a mile east of Mount Apollo. |
| 1930 | Meretoto | Gore | The Maori name of Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound. | |
| 1938 | Merkl (glacier) | Otago | At source of the Beansburn River. | |
| 1939 | Meybille (bay) | Brighton | Nelson | Not "Mabel." |
| 1925 | Mill (creek) .. | Greymouth | Westland | This name replaces Nelson Creek. |
| 1943 | Milford (island) | Whangaroa | North Auckland | Block VII. Maori name, "Wairaupo." |
| 1945 | Milne (peak) | Torlesse | Canterbury | Lies between Eric Stream and the headwaters of the Havelock River. Block I. |
| 1938 | *Milner (ice stream) | Humboldt | Otago | Falling into Forgotten River from Possibility Col. |
| 1927 | Milson (locality) | Kairanga | Wellington | Suburb of Palmerston North. |
| 1943 | Mimiwhangata | Opuawhanga | North Auckland | Block II. Not "Mimiwhanga." |
| 1933 | Mimiwhangatangata | Whangaruru | North Auckland | In southern part of Whangaruru Bay. |
| (bay) | ||||
| 1932 | Minchin (stream) | Minchin | Canterbury | Near the Poulter River. This name replaces Louper. |
| 1938 | *Minos (peak) | Humboldt | Otago | At the junction of the Nox and Chaos Ridges. |
| 1941 | Miringahei (trig.) | Tutamoi | Gisborne | Block II. Not "Meringahei." |
| 1943 | Mistake (col) | Murray | Westland | At the extreme head of the Omatane Glacier between Mounts Mystery and Bryce. |
| 1941 | Moemoto (bay) | Mahia | Hawkes Bay | Block VIII. |
| 1944 | Moeraki (trig.) | Moeraki | Otago | Block I. |
| 1943 | Mokiiti (island) | South Cape | Southland | Near Mokinui Island. |
| 1943 | Mokinui (island) | South Cape | Southland | Formerly Kackarow or Moggy. |
| 1939 | Mokomokonui (stream) | Tarawera | Hawkes Bay | |
| 1944 | Mokoreta (trig.) | Slopedown | Southland | Block VIII. |
| 1941 | Momutu (stream) .. | Opoutihi | Auckland | Block VI. Not "Momutu." |
| 1943 | Monkey (creek) | Greenstone | Southland | |
| 1930 | Monowai (lake) | Cleughearn | Southland | |
| 1938 | Montague (glacier) | Waitangi-Taona | Westland | Falling from the west peak of Elie de Beaumont into the Spencer Glacier. |
| 1944 | Montgomery (mountain) | Lyell | Nelson | Block X. About one mile north-east of Bald Hill Trig. |
| 1931 | Moonlight (peak) | Cook | Canterbury | Close to Mount Rudolf on the Southern Alps. |
| 1932 | Morrison (mountain) | Minchin | Canterbury | At the headwaters of the Waimakariri River. |
| 1935 | Mosgiel (town) | East Taieri | Otago | The correct spelling is apparently Mossziel. |
| 1933 | Motuara (island) | Gore | Marlborough | Near Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound. Not "Motuanaura." |
| 1940 | Motuarohia (island) | Bay of Islands | North Auckland | Blocks XIII and XIV. |
| 1943 | Motuhi (rocky islet) | Whangaruru | North Auckland | Block II. |
| 1933 | Motuihe (island) | Rangitoto | North Auckland |
- Approved subject to fixation of feature on map.
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