✨ Approved Place-names
958
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 42
Year.
Name.
Survey District.
Land District.
Remarks.
1945
Roa (post-office)
Mawheranui ..
Westland ..
Block II.
1944
Robert (ridge)
Rotoroa,
Nelson ..
From Lake Rotoiti to Mount
Arnaud, and
Cedric.
Rotoiti
1938
*Rob Roy (creek)
Cascade
Otago
Flowing south from the Rob
Roy Glacier into the west
branch of the Matukituki
River.
1938
Rob Roy (glacier)
Cascade and
Otago
At the head of the tributary of
the west branch of the
Matukituki River.
Matukituki
1938
*Rob Roy (peak)
Matukituki
Otago
At the head of the Rob Roy
Glacier.
1932
Roche (pass)
Katrine
Canterbury
At the head of the Cox River.
1938
Roderick (peak)
Waitangi-Taona
Westland
On the Maximilian Range north
of Elie de Beaumont.
1941
Roger (head)
Angle
Southland
On Codfish Island.
1943
Roimata (point)
Opuawhanga
North Auckland
Block VI. In place of Kohina-
tupou and Kohinutopu.
1941
Romanga (stream)
Aroha
Auckland
Block VI. Not “Romunga.”
1935
Rose (peak)
Cook
Canterbury
On the spur from Haeckel Peak
between Dixon and Manner-
ing Glaciers.
1928
Rotoatua ..
Rotorua
Auckland
Not “Roto-atua.”
1928
Rotokawa (post-office)
Rotoiti
Auckland
At the lake of the same name.
1936
Rotongaru (lake)
Rangiriri
Auckland
This is the correct name of the
lake near Huntly known as
“Wahi.”
1941
Rotootahe ..
Whangara
Gisborne
Block III. Not “Roto-o-tahi.”
1941
Rotopounamu (lake)
Mahanga
Hawkes Bay
Block II. Not “Rotopanamu.”
1943
Rover (saddle)
Minchin
Canterbury
Block IV.
1932
Row (mountain)
Minchin
Canterbury
Near Cox River, a tributary
of the Waimakariri.
1934
Royal (creek)
Hunter
Otago
The biggest tributary of the
east branch of the Hunter
River from the Huxley Range.
1941
Ruakituri (stream)
Mohaka
Hawkes Bay
Block XII. Not “Ruakuturi.”
1943
Ruakoura (point)
Whangaruru
North Auckland
Block II. Not “Ruakora.”
1930
Ruamahanga (river)
Wairarapa
Wellington
Not “Ruamahunga.”
1941
Ruapae (trig.)
Tararua
Wellington
Block VIII. Not “Ruapai.”
1940
Ruaotuwihenua ..
Titirangi
North Auckland
Waitakere Ranges. Not “Ruo-
tewhenua.”
1928
Ruapehu (mountain)..
Ruapehu
Wellington
This name refers to the highest
peak and the mountain mass
as a whole.
1943
Rugged (peak)
Bealey
Canterbury
Block IV. Next to Trudge Col.
Flows into the east branch of
the Matukituki River north
of Kitchenen River.
1938
Ruth (stream)
Matukituki
Otago
1945
Salisbury (trig.) ..
Maraekakaho
Hawkes Bay
Block I.
1943
Scarface (mountain)
Minchin
Canterbury
Block IX.
1943
Sceptre (peak)
Tyndall
Canterbury
Block II.
1940
Sealey (glacier)
Humboldtside
Otago
Northern Olivine Range, flowing
and Forbeside
west to become branch of
Pyke River.
1943
Sentinel, The (peak) ..
Ramsay
Canterbury
Block X. On a subsidiary
range of the Armoury Range.
1938
Serpentine (range)
Humboldtside
Otago
In the Humboldt Mountains.
1929
Seymour (peak)
Torlesse
Canterbury
At the head of the Grey Glacier,
a tributary of the Godley
Glacier.
1943
Shark (island)
Whangaroa
North Auckland
Block III.
1938
Sir William (peak)
Forbes
Otago
One mile south-east of Mount
Cerberus.
1933
Skelmorlie (peak)
Clinton
Southland
In Earl Mountains.
1938
*Slab Lookout
Hollyford
Otago
A conspicuous long slab slope
directly above the junction
of two headwaters of Stickup
Creek.
1941
Smoky (beach)
Angle
Southland
Stewart Island.
1943
Smooth (peak)
Bealey
Canterbury
Block IV. Next to Rugged
Peak.
1934
*Smyth (glacier)
Hunter
Otago
Unmapped. At the headwaters
of the Hunter River.
1934
*Snow Dome (peak)
Ramsay
Canterbury
Unmapped. In the Upper
Rakaia District.
1945
Snowdrift (range)
Forbes
Otago
Between Whitbourn and Snow-
drift Glaciers.
1945
*Snowman, The (peak)
Forbes
Otago
A heavily aglaciated peak, the
outermost on Snowdrift
Range.
1945
Snow White (glacier)
Cascade
Otago
Feeding the Arawhata River.
1938
Solution (col)
Humboldt
Otago
Between Climax and Destiny
Peaks, Humboldt Mountains.
1939
Soucis (cape)
Whangamoa
Nelson
Near Croixelles Harbour.
1945
South (peak)
Ramsay
Canterbury
Block XII. On the range
between Mount Arrowsmith
and Mount Potts.
1945
South Snowball (saddle)
Forbes
Otago
Between Mounts Delta and
Pivot.
1941
South West (arm)
Paterson
Southland
Stewart Island. Also called
Caerhowel Arm.
1941
Spar (cove)
South Cape
Southland
Stewart Island. Also known
as Bens Bay.
1934
*Spearpoint (peak)
Ramsay
Canterbury
Unmapped. At the headwaters
of the Rangitata and Rakaia
Rivers.
- Approved subject to fixation of feature on map.
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