5 NOVEMBER 2009

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 161

3889

New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008

Notice of the Final Determination on an Antarctic Place Name

Pursuant to sections 10(1)(a), 25 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“the Board”) hereby gives notice of a final determined Antarctic place name.

This is now an official geographic name and is specified in the first column of the Schedule below (“the Schedule”). The geographic feature type that it relates to is set out in the second column of the Schedule. The description for the name is set out in the third column of the Schedule.

The Board’s final determination on this Antarctic place name takes effect on 5 November 2009.

Schedule

Antarctica

| First Column
Official Geographic Name | Second Column
Geographic Feature Type | Third Column
Description |
|------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Haskell Strait | Strait | 77°55’S Latitude, 166°45’E Longitude. Tidal flow south-west and north-east, between Cape Armitage on Ross Island at north and Cape Spencer-Smith on White Island at south, lying under the permanent McMurdo Ice Shelf. Williams Airfield and Pegasus Airfield are located above the ice. Depicted on: Hydrographic chart NZ14900; topographic maps (1:250,000): “Ross Island and Vicinity”; NZMS166 ST58-61/5 McMurdo Sound; NZMS166 ST58-61/9 Mt Discovery; USGS ST57-60/6 Ross Island; USGS ST57-60/10 Mount Discovery. New name for a feature not named. |

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of November 2009.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.

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Notice of Approved Recorded Place Name

Pursuant to sections 10(1)(b), 24 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“the Board”) hereby gives notice of an approved recorded place name.

This is specified in the first column of the Schedule below (“the Schedule”) and relates to the geographic feature type listed in the second column of the Schedule. The description of the approved recorded name is set out in the third column of the Schedule.

The Board’s approval of this recorded name takes effect on 5 November 2009.

Schedule

| First Column
Approved Recorded Place Name | Second Column
Geographic Feature Type | Third Column
Description |
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Westland Land District
Mosquito Creek | Creek | Draining north into Crooked River, flowing from below the Alexander Range. Topo50 map BU20 – Moana, source: GR 832 733, confluence: GR 802 785. |

Dated at Wellington this 5th day of November 2009.

W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.

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Notice of Final Determinations to Assign or Alter Place Names

Pursuant to sections 19 and 21(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008, the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (“the Board”) hereby gives notice of the final determinations to assign new or alter existing place names.

These are now official geographic names and are specified in the first column of the Schedule below (“the Schedule”). The geographic feature type that each name relates to is set out in the second column of the Schedule. The description for each name is set out in the third column of the Schedule.

The Board’s final determinations on these place names take effect on 5 November 2009.

Schedule

| First Column
Official Geographic Names | Second Column
Geographic Feature Type | Third Column
Description |
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| North Auckland Land District
Dargaville Branch | Railway Line | From Waiotira to Dargaville. Topo50 maps AX30 – Whangarei, AX29 – Tangowahine, and AX28 – Dargaville, GR 083 225 to GR 780 223. Alteration. |