List of Place-names




JULY 29] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 965

Year. Name. Survey District. Land District. Remarks.
1940 Waipiro (bay) .. Russell .. North Auckland Off Parekura Bay.
1934 Waipuna (bay) .. Lower Harbour Otago .. Between Taylor Point and Otafelo Point.
1936 Waipuna (bay) .. Arapawa .. Marlborough .. Port Underwood. Between Ocean and Kakapo Bays.
1937 Waipuna (stream) .. Ruapehu .. Wellington .. On the north slopes of Mount Ruapehu.
1945 Wairakai (trig.) .. Waipukurau .. Hawkes Bay .. Block XIV.
1943 Wairakau (stream) .. Whangaroa .. North Auckland Block VI.
1941 Wairapukao (stream) Maketu .. Auckland .. Block V. Not "Wairapukau."
1943 Wairaupo (island) .. Whangaroa .. North Auckland Block VII. Maori name for Milford Island.
1937 Wairere (stream) .. Ruapehu .. Wellington .. On the north slopes of Mount Ruapehu
1938 *Wairereata (falls) .. Milford Sound Southland .. On the Harrison River.
1941 Wairi (stream) .. Aripia .. Auckland .. Block VIII. Not "Waiari."
1940 Wairiki (point) .. Russell .. North Auckland Block III.
1943 Wairoa (stream) .. Kawakawa .. North Auckland Block IV. (Hume Creek.)
1941 Wairoa (stream) .. Motiti .. Auckland .. Not "Weiroa."
1939 Waitakere (block, town, and river) Waitakere, &c. North Auckland Not "Waitakerei."
1938 Waitaki, Lake (post-office) Kurow .. Otago .. Waitaki Hydro-electric Power Station.
1943 Waitangirua (stream) Ngateretere .. Gisborne .. Block II.
1940 Waitata (bay) .. Russell .. North Auckland In Oneroa Bay.
1939 Waiteti (railway siding) Otanake .. Auckland .. Between Te Kuiti and Puketutu.
1941 Waitetuna (block) .. Kaiwaka and Haurangi Wellington .. Not "Waitutuma."
1941 Waitetuna (stream) .. Mount Adams Wellington .. Block I. Not "Waitatuna."
1941 Waitetuna (stream) .. Kaiwaka .. Wellington .. Block X. Not "Waitutuma."
1939 Waitewhena (stream and railway siding) Ohura .. Taranaki ..
-45 \ 1939 Waitoetoe (locality and river) Waitara .. Taranaki .. In lieu of Waitoitoi.
1941 Waitotara (locality and river) Whangara .. Gisborne .. Block VIII. Not "Waiotara."
1941 Waituna (bay) .. Anglem .. Southland .. Stewart Island.
1941 Waiwakatetere (locality) Heretaunga .. Hawkes Bay .. Block IV. Not "Waiwakatetire."
1941 Waiwhakaata (stream) Matakaoa .. Gisborne .. Block XII. Not "Waiwa-kaata."
1943 Waiwhakapirau (stream) Kaeo .. North Auckland Block IV.
1941 Waiwhakareto (stream) Maketu .. Auckland .. Blocks XI and XV. Not "Waiwhakaretu."
1941 Waiwhakarewarewa (stream) Patetere Northeast Auckland .. Block II. Not "Waiwhakarei-wareiwa."
1941 Waiwhakarewaumu (station) Takapau .. Auckland .. Block V. Not "Waiwhakarewhauma."
1941 Waiwhakatoitoi (stream) Opotiki .. Gisborne .. Block II. Not "Waiwakatoi-toi."
1943 Waiwhero (stream) .. Maungatataniwha North Auckland Block I.
1930 Waiwhetu (settlement) Belmont .. Wellington .. Block XIV. Not "Waiwetu."
1943 Waiwiri (island) .. Bay of Islands North Auckland Block XIIA. Not "Waewiri."
1941 Wakaateo (trig.) .. Maungaharuru Hawkes Bay .. Block V. Not "Waka Atea."
1931 Wall (mountain) .. Harper .. Canterbury .. On the Craigieburn Range.
1940 Wanaka (township) .. Lower Wanaka Otago .. Formerly known as Pembroke."
1941 Waowaototara (block) Maungaharuru and Moenganangi Hawkes Bay .. Not "Awa-o-totara."
1934 *Warrior (peak) .. Ramsay .. Canterbury .. Unmapped. At the headwaters of the Rangitata and Rakaia Rivers.
1934 *Watkins Dome (peak) Hunter .. Otago .. Unmapped. At the headwaters of the Hunter River.
1944 Weka (trig.) .. Waipara .. Canterbury .. Block XII.
1933 Welch (peak) .. Ward .. Otago .. On the Main Divide of the Southern Alps, between the Landsborough River and a branch of the Hopkins. Half a mile north of Mount Kitson.
1936 Welcome (pass) .. Mount Sefton Westland .. From the névé of Douglas Glacier to the Scott Glacier. Shown on some maps as "Karangarua."
1939 Weld-Dashwood Pass (road) Clifford Bay .. Marlborough .. Picton-Christchurch State Highway.
1939 Weld (pass) .. Clifford Bay .. Marlborough .. On the Picton-Christchurch State Highway.
1938 *Welshman (peak) .. Humboldt .. Otago .. West of Cow Saddle, near the Chaos group.
1941 Weraamaia (stream) .. Mangaporo .. Gisborne .. Block XI. Not "Weraamaia."
1930 Weraroa (road) .. Wairoa .. Wellington .. Blocks VII and XII. Not "Wereroa."
1940 West (peak) .. Humboldt .. Otago .. Between Brideburn and Beans-burn Rivers on the Cosmos Range.
1928 Whaingaroa (harbour) Whaingaroa .. Auckland .. Maori name for Raglan Harbour.
1941 Whakaauranga (stream) Uawa .. Gisborne .. Block V. Not "Whakauranga."
1941 Whakahoro (stream) .. Wairere .. Auckland .. Block II. Not "Whakaharo."
1941 Whakahu (locality) .. Pohue .. Hawkes Bay .. Block V. Not "Wakahu."
1943 Whakamakariri (trig.) Punakatere .. North Auckland Block X.
1941 Whakamarutuna (block) Hikurangi .. Gisborne .. Block XVI. Not "Whaka-maratuna."
1945 Whakaoma (stream) .. Maramaru .. Auckland .. Block XI. Main stream flowing into swamp lands drained by Whangamarino. Not "Whakataoma."
  • Approved subject to fixation of feature on map.


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