Place-names approved by the Honorary Geographic Board




JULY 29]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

957

Year.
Name.
Survey District.
Land District.
Remarks.

1943
| Pyramid, The (peak)
| Benley
| Canterbury
| Block XII. At the junction of
| Sudden Valley with Hawdon
| River.

1938
| Quarterdeck (pass)
| Cascade
| Otago
| Between Mounts Joffre and
| French.

1939
| Queensberry (locality)
| Tarras
| Otago
| In the Vincent County.

1940
| Queenstown (drone)
| Shotover
| Otago
| Instead of Frankton.

1939
| *Quintano (point)
| Fjord County
| Southland
| In Doubtful Sound.

1938
| Rabbit (pass)
| Mount Pollux
| Otago
| Near Mount Castor.

1941
| Raeotutemakuta
| Kaiwaka
| Wellington
| Block X and XI. Not "Raco-
| tute" but "Rukumuhutu".

1945
| Rahuimokairoa (locality)
| Mahia
| Hawkes Bay
| Block III and X.

1940
| Rakamangamanga
| Bay of Islands
| North Auckland
| Block IV.

1939
| Rakautara (railway-station)
| Kaitarau
| Marlborough
| South Island Main Trunk Rail-
| way. Near Half-moon Bay.

1930
| Ram (island)
| Clarence
| Otago
| In the Bruce County. Instead
| of Waipukurau.

1942
| Ranger (streams)
| Hawdon
| Canterbury
| Tributary of Poulter River.

1945
| Rangi (point)
| Hokitonga
| North Auckland
| Block II. Headland on Hoki-
| anga Harbour. Not "Kawe-
| nui".

1940
| Rangihoua (bay)
| Kerikeri
| North Auckland
| Block IX. In preference to
| Ohi.

1943
| Rangikapiti (beach)
| Mangonui
| North Auckland
| Block I.

1928
| Rangiku (railway-station)
| Wairoa
| Wellington
| Instead of Whennuakura.

1945
| Rangitata (col)
| Ramsay
| Canterbury
| Block VI. Between the Main
| Divide and Mount Nicholson
| at the junction of the Frances
| Glacier.

1941
| Rangitomawe (stream)
| Waiawa
| Gisborne
| Block IV.

1943
| Rangitoto (point)
| Mangonui
| North Auckland
| Block I. South point of
| Rangitoto Peninsula.

1941
| Rangitumau (road)
| Koputarange
| Wellington
| Block XIX. Not "Rangituma".

1945
| *Rankin (peak)
| Tollesse
| Canterbury
| Block I. On Main Divide
| between Sword and Edison.

1926
| Ranni (railway-station)
| Waitemata
| North Auckland
| Betwen Henderson and
| Swanson.

1928
| Raoul Island (post-office)
|
| Kermadec
| Instead of Sunday Island.

1940
| Raroa (railway-station)
| Belmont
| Wellington
| Half-mile south of Johnsonville.

1930
| Rarotoka (island)
|
| Southland
| Off Straka Point. Foveaux
| Strait.

1930
| Raumati (creek)
| Sutton
| Otago
| Tributary of the Taieri River.

1934
| Raumati Beach (post-office)
| Paekakariki
| Wellington
| Formerly Wharanui.

1943
| Raumoto (bridge)
| Aramarama
| Gisborne
| Block XVI.

1943
| *Raupo (bay)
| Karikari
| North Auckland
| Block III. South of Blackney
| Point.

1944
| Raven (trig.)
| Cape
| Taranaki
| Block XIV.

1934
| *Red (peak)
| Whitcombe
| Canterbury
| Unmapped. At the head of the
| Rangitata and Rakata Rivers.

1943
| Red Head (point)
| Pegasus
| Southland
| Replaced name Weather Point.

1944
| Red Rock (stream)
| Pencarrow
| Wellington
| East tributary of Oorongarongo
| on the same ridge as the
| Redoubt Peaks, and lying due
| west of them.

1945
| Redoubt (peaks)
| Macfarlane
| Westland
| On tributary of Oorongarongo
| River, above Red Rock.

1938
| Rees (saddle)
| Forbes
| Otago
| Between the headwaters of the
| Rees River and Snowy Creek.

1934
| *Ruischek (glacier)
| Whitcombe and
| Canterbury
| Unmapped. In the Upper
| Rakaia District.

1943
| Ruischek (col)
| Ramsey
| Canterbury
| Block XIX. Crosses the ridge
| between North and Bastion
| Peaks.

1945
| Remote (peaks)
| Macfarlane
| Westland
| Twin summits due north of
| Halfway Saddle, at the head
| of an unnamed glacier.

1930
| Remuera (suburb)
| Otahuhu
| North Auckland
| Accepted form, though correct
| spelling is Remuera.

1944
| Remutupo (trig.)
| Runahine
| Wellington
| Block IV. Formerly Wai-
| kamaka.

1939
| Rerewhakaaitu (river)
| Waipawa and
| Mount Adams
| Wellington
| Approved spelling. This name
| also applies to a lake in the
| Rotorua District.

1936
| Retreat (snowfield)
| Davie
| Canterbury
| At the head of the Hall,
| Murchison, and Gifford
| Glaciers.

1941
| Retreat (pinnacles)
| Macfarlane
| Westland
| Living peaks close to Torerot.

1945
| Retreat (peaks)
| Humpholztide
| Otago
| Five peaks north together on a
| ridge which starts on the
| east side of Tornado Neve,
| North of Lake Adelaide, Central
| Otago Mountains.

1939
| *Revelation (mountain)
| Caples
| Southland
| North of Mount Adelaide, Central
| Otago Mountains.

1946
| Revelation (col)
| Tollesse
| Canterbury
| Block I. Between D'Archinac
| and IX. Onlooker.

1928
| Revel Camp (domain)
| Greymouth
| Westland
| Not "Revel's Camp".

1934
| Rivell (peak)
| Ramsey
| Canterbury
| Unmapped. At the head of
| the Rangitata River near
| Nicholson Peak.

1943
| Riawhai (stream)
| Waipiro
| Gisborne
| Block II.

1941
| Richards (mountain)
| Macfarlane
| Westland
| Block IV.

1941
| Riddle (peak)
| Macfarlane
| Westland
| Block IV. North-east of Mount Richards,
| 8,400 ft. "Reinga Reinga".

1930
| Ringaringa (beach)
| Paterson
| Southland
| Not 8,400 ft. On Mount Ruapehu.

1937
| Ringatoto (peak)
| Ruapehu
| Wellington
| 8,400 ft. On Mount Ruapehu.

1943
| Kiriwa (trig.)
| Whanganui
| North Auckland
| On Stephenson Island.

  • Approved subject to fixation of feature on map.


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