Approved Place-names




JULY 29]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Year. Name. Survey District. Land District. Remarks.
1941 Te Awakari (stream) East Cape .. Gisborne .. Block XIV. Not “Te Awa-kiri.”
1941 Te Awakautuku (locality) Wheao .. Auckland .. Block XI. Not “Te Awa-kautoku.”
1943 Te Awapuka (stream) Maungataniwha North Auckland Block II.
1941 Te Hahaenga (block) Turanganui .. Gisborne .. Block V. Not “Te Hahainga.”
1943 Te Hangohango (creek) Maungataniwha North Auckland Block II.
1939 Te Haoko (stream) .. Waitara .. Taranaki .. Block VII.
1943 Teheoriri (trig.) .. Whangaroa .. North Auckland Block IX. Instead of Tehe o Riri.
1941 Te Heruotaraia Mahia .. Hawkes Bay .. Block I. Instead of Te Heru o Taraia.
1937 Te Heuheu (peak) .. Ruapehu .. Wellington .. On Mount Ruapehu.
1940 Te Hoanga (point) .. Bay of Islands North Auckland On the north coast of Oruapukapuka Island.
1941 Te Hoe (whaling station) Mahia .. Hawkes Bay .. Block I.
1930 Te Hoiere (island) .. Orieri .. Marlborough .. Block XV. This is the Maori name of Maud Island.
1941 Te Humenga (point) .. Kaiwaka .. Wellington .. Block V.
1940 Te Huruhu (bay) .. Russell .. North Auckland Block III.
1935 Teichelmann (rock) .. Waiho .. Westland .. On the terminal face of Franz Josef Glacier.
1941 Te Ihooterei (locality) Puketapu .. Hawkes Bay .. Block XVI. Not “Te Ihuo-tekai.”
1928 Te Ikaamaru (bay) .. Port Nicholson Wellington .. Half way between Owhariu Bay and Cape Terawhiti. Not “Te Kaminaru.”
1930 Te Ikawhataroa Mount Fyffe .. Marlborough .. On the Kaikoura coast. North of Irongate Stream.
1941 Te Iringaowhare (bridge and stream) Taramarama .. Gisborne .. Block IX. Instead of Te Iranga o Whare and Te Iranga o Wharo.
1941 Te Iwiroa (trig.) .. Arowhana .. Gisborne .. Block XV. Instead of Te Iwi Roa.
1941 Te Kainga .. .. Belmont .. Wellington .. In the vicinity of Khandallah. Not “Te Kaianga.”
1939 Te Kaukau (point) .. Opouawe .. Wellington .. North-east of Cape Palliser.
1940 Te Kawakawa (rocks) Kaiwaka .. Wellington .. Block IX. Maori name for Black Rocks.
1941 Te Kereu (point) .. Mahia .. Hawkes Bay .. Block I.
1944 Te Kopahou (trig.) .. Port Nicholson Wellington .. Block XII.
1941 Te Korokoroowhaitiri (creek) Waiau West .. Gisborne .. Block IX. Not “Te Korokoro o Whatiri.”
1940 Te Korowhiti (rock) .. Russell .. North Auckland East of Mosquito Point.
1930 Te Mahia (railway-station) Otahuhu .. North Auckland Block XIV.
1944 Te Mahia (bay) .. Linkwater .. Marlborough .. Block III.
1941 Te Marama (island) .. Paterson .. Southland .. Stewart Island.
1944 Te Maunga (trig.) .. Haurangi .. Wellington .. Block XI.
1930 Te Moari (railway-station) Mohaka .. Hawkes Bay .. Block IX. Correct form of Kote Maori.
1941 Te Moari (block) .. Mohaka .. Hawkes Bay .. Block XI.
1940 Tempest (peak) .. Humboldtside Otago .. West of Typhoon Peak. The highest point of Tempest Spur.
1943 Temple (col) .. Bealey .. Canterbury .. Between Mounts Temple and Blimit, from Mingha into the Temple Basin. Block II.
1940 Te Nunuhe (rock) .. Bay of Islands North Auckland North-west of Okahu Island. (Whale Rock.)
1940 Te Oka (bay) .. Akaroa .. Canterbury .. Block IX.
1941 Te Pakora (trig.) .. Waiawa .. Gisborne .. Block XV. Not “Te Pakera.”
1941 Te Parera (stream) .. East Cape .. Gisborne .. Block XV. Not “Te Parira.”
1941 Te Pareoterawahirua (trig.) Waihi South .. Auckland .. Block VI. Not “Te Pare” or “Te Pari.”
1941 Te Pato (stream) .. Waioeka .. Gisborne .. Block VIII.
1941 Te Pohue (locality) .. Tarawera .. Hawkes Bay .. Block III. Not “Te Pohui.”
1941 Te Pouwhakatutu (locality) Tuhingamata Auckland .. Block IV. Not “Te Pouha-katutu.”
1928 Te Puapua .. .. Rotorua .. Auckland .. Fairy Spring.
1941 Te Puna (bay) .. Waikaremoana West Gisborne .. Central Darran Mountains.
1928 Te Punaatuhoe .. Rotorua .. Auckland .. Near Thames.
1939 Te Puoho (glacier) .. Caples .. Southland .. Block VII.
1939 Te Puru (locality) .. Hastings .. Auckland .. On the north coast of Motuihe. Also known as Guys Cliff.
1943 Te Putaaraukai (river and channel) Rangaunu .. North Auckland Block XI. Not “Te Rokau.”
1932 Te Raeokahu (headland) Rangitoto .. North Auckland Block XI. Not “Te Rakauwhakamatuku.”
1941 Te Rakau (creek) .. Whakamaru .. Auckland .. Block XV.
1941 Te Rakauwhakamataku (point) Kaiwaka .. Wellington .. Near Taupo. Changed from “Rangiita.”
1943 Te Rangi .. .. Russell .. North Auckland Block IV. Not “Te Rapa o te Awha.”
1939 Te Rangiita (post-office) Tokaanu .. Auckland .. Block IV. Correct spelling Tarawhiti, but Terawhiti adopted.
1943 Te Rapaoitiawha (stream) Whangaroa .. North Auckland Inlet between Moturua and Poroporo Islands.
1930 Terawhiti (cape) .. Port Nicholson Wellington .. Block XIII. Not “Tererekakako.”
1940 Te Rawhiti (inlet) .. Bay of Islands North Auckland Above the Olivine and Forgotten Rivers.
1941 Te Rerekokako (stream) Mangaoporo .. Gisborne .. Block X.
1938 Terminal (peak) .. Humboldt .. Otago .. Block XVI. Not “Te Roto-o-kiwi.”
1945 Te Rokotai (trig.) .. Okaka .. North Auckland
1941 Te Rotookiwa (lake) .. Maraekakaho Hawkes Bay ..


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