Approved Place-names




JULY 29].

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Year. Name. Survey District. Land District. Remarks.
1940 Trinity (glacier) .. Humboldtside Otago .. On the North Olivine Range. A tributary of the Andy Glacier.
1941 Trinity (pass) .. Humboldtside Otago .. Icefield feeding the Trinity Glacier.
1943 Trireme (peak) .. Tyndall .. Canterbury .. Block II. Highest peak on Cloudy Peak Range.
1943 Trudge (col) .. Bealey .. Canterbury .. Block IV. Joins the Hawdon with a tributary of the Poulter.
1941 Tuaheni (point) .. Turanganui .. Gisborne .. Block VIII. Not “Tuahina.”
1941 Tuahuru (point) .. Mahia .. Hawkes Bay .. Block II.
1941 Tuakopae (stream) .. Opoutiki .. Auckland .. Block V. Not “Tuakopai.”
1930 Tuamarino (village) .. Cloudy Bay .. Marlborough .. Block VII. Not “Tuamarina.”
1941 Tuawatawata (survey district) .. Gisborne and Auckland Not “Tuatawhata.”
1941 Tuawatawata (trig.) .. Tuawatawata Gisborne .. Block I. Not “Tuwatawata.”
1940 Tuhawaiki (mountain) Caples .. Southland .. East of Taiaroa Peak, Central Darran Mountains.
1945 Tukino (peak) .. Ruapehu .. Wellington .. Block VII. 20 chains south-west of Te Heu Heu.
1936 Tumbledown (bay) .. Arapawa .. Marlborough .. In Port Underwood.
1932 Tupari (road) .. Paritutu .. Taranaki .. Replaces the name Bush Road in the Huatoki Settlement.
1944 Turakirae (head) .. Pencarrow .. Wellington .. Block IX.
1941 Turangakumu (locality) Tarawera .. Hawkes Bay .. Block XI. Not “Taurangakumu.”
1941 Turanganui .. Mahia .. Hawkes Bay .. Block X. Not “Taurunganui.”
1929 Turangarere (railway-station) Maungakaretu Wellington .. Block VIII.
1941 Turihaua (stream) .. Whangara .. Gisborne .. Block XII. Not “Turihau.”
1941 Turihaua (stream) .. Turanganui .. Gisborne .. Block IVA. Not “Turehau.”
1932 Turnbull (mountain) .. Katrine .. Canterbury .. Near the east branch of the Poulter River in the head-waters of the Waimakariri.
1938 *Turret Head (peak) .. Dart .. Otago .. At the south-west end of Mount Earnslaw Peaks.
1943 Turret (peak) .. Wilberforce .. Canterbury .. Block XIII. Standing out as the cornerpost of the Kakapo, Kiwi, and Chimera Streams.
1941 Tutaengarahu (trig.) .. Tuhingamata West Auckland .. Block III. Not “Tutae-ngarahi.”
1944 Tutaki (trig.) .. Tutaki .. Nelson .. Block II.
1941 Tutamoi (road, survey district, block, and trig.) Hikurangi-Tutamoi Gisborne .. Road, Block XV. Trig., Block XIV. Not “Tutamoe.”
1938 Twain (col) .. .. Mount Napoleon Westland .. Between Mount Eric and Maungama.
1938 Twenty Five Mile (creek) Forbes-Earnslaw Otago .. Branched tributary of the Rees River.
1943 Twilight (col) .. Torlesse .. Canterbury .. Block IX. Between the Forbes and Separation Rivers.
1938 Twin (icefall) .. Humboldt .. Otago .. Feeding the Joe River Glacier from the flanks of the Climax and Destiny Peaks.
1938 Tyndall (glacier) .. Cascade .. Otago .. At the head of the Snowy Creek on the south flank of Mount Tyndall.
1945 Typhoon (peak) .. Forbeside .. Otago .. West of Tornado Glacier.
1924 Tyrwhitt (peak) .. Mid-Wanaka .. Otago .. On Harwich Island, Lake Wanaka.
1935 Uaroa (creek) .. Mount Douglas Westland .. Joins the Maitahi on the right bank about one mile above its junction with the Edison River.
1938 *Unknown (lake) .. Humboldt-Dart Otago .. In the basin formed by the Nox, Chaos, and Minos Mountains, and drains into the Beansburn.
1931 Unknown (col) .. Owen .. Canterbury .. At the head of the Mathias River.
1941 Upokoongauru (stream) Maketu .. Auckland .. Block XIII. Not “Opoko-o-Nga-Uru.”
1944 Urekawa (trig.) .. Carlyle .. Taranaki .. Block IV.
1941 Uretara (stream) .. Katikati .. Auckland .. Block IX. Not “Uritara.”
1941 Urewiri (stream) .. Tokomaru .. Gisborne .. Block V. Not “Uriwiri.”
1931 Urquhart (peak) .. Owen .. Canterbury .. At the head of the Mathias River. The highest peak on the Agassiz Range.
1941 Urukokomuka (stream) Motu-Mangatu Gisborne .. Block VIII. Not “Urukoko-moku.”
1940 Urupukapuka .. Bay of Islands North Auckland Block XV. Instead of Oruapukapuka.
1940 Uruti (bay) .. .. Russell .. North Auckland Inlet in Pomare Bay.
1939 Uruti (point) .. Kaiwhata .. Wellington .. South of Castlepoint.
1931 Valhalla (creek) .. Whernside .. Marlborough .. Replaces Briny Brook and Snoutfield.
1944 Valley View (hill) .. Pencarrow .. Wellington .. East of Lake Kohangatera.
1943 Valiant (mountain) .. Hawdon .. Canterbury .. Block I. On the Savannah Range near the head of the East Hawdon.
1945 Victoria (glacier) .. Forbes .. Otago ..
1943 Waewaetapahia (stream) Waimata .. Gisborne .. Block VIIIa. Not “Waiwaitapahio.”
1938 Waewaetorea (island) Bay of Islands North Auckland Not “Otawaki.”
1939 Waewaetorea (passage) Bay of Islands North Auckland Between Oruapukapuka and Waewaetorea Islands.
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