✨ Geographic Place Name Notices
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 115
9 SEPTEMBER 2010
New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008
Corrigendum—Notice of Final Decision of New Zealand Geographic Board re Assigning of Place Names
In a notice with the above heading published in the New Zealand Gazette, 13 January 1966, No. 1, page 18, please replace:
"Makarora Gorge Block V, Haast Survey District. Near the source of the Makarora River."
with
"Makarora Gorge Narrow gorge, steeply sided with irregular terrain, running east to west for approximately 1km, and following the Makarora River. NZTopo50 BZ13-Haast Pass / Tioripatea, start: GR 086 073 to end: GR 073 075."
Dated at Wellington this 9th day of September 2010.
W. K. SHAW, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa.
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Notice of Final Determinations to Assign, Alter or Discontinue 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 or discontinue, place names.
The new or altered places names are now official geographic names and are specified in the first column of the Schedule 1 below.
The discontinued place name is specified in the first column of Schedule 2.
The geographic feature type that each new or altered or discontinued place name relates to is set out in the second column of Schedules 1 and 2.
The description of each new or altered or discontinued place name is set out in the third column of Schedules 1 and 2.
The Board’s final determinations on these place names take effect on 9 September 2010.
Schedule 1 – New or altered place names
| First Column | Second Column | Third Column |
|---|---|---|
| Official Place Name | Geographic Feature Type | Description |
| South Auckland Land District | ||
| Stokes Peak | Peak | Raised peak, at height 814m, located in the Kaimai Range, directly above the Kaimai Railway Tunnel. NZTopo50 BD36-Lower Kaimai, GR 532 251. New name for a feature not named. Geodetic mark, coded A39H, named 5793, beaconed, is located at the summit. |
| Wellington Land District | ||
| Hue tē Taka Peninsula | Peninsula | A small south-facing peninsula, 500m long, of raised shore-platform with conspicuous stack rocks and raised shingle beaches, at the eastern end of Lyall Bay in Wellington, with Moa Point located at its southern tip. NZTopo50 BQ31-Wellington, GR 514 216. Restored traditional Māori name for a feature not named on current maps or charts. |
| Nelson Land District | ||
| Te Waikoropupū Springs | Springs | Natural springs, 3km west of Takaka, within Pupu Springs Scenic Reserve (a name proposed to be altered by the Department of Conservation to Te Waikoropupū Springs Scenic Reserve). NZTopo50 BP24-Takaka, GR 805 781. Spelling alteration from Waikoropupu Springs and Pupu Springs. Replacing previous New Zealand Gazette, 29 July 1948, No. 42, page 939, and New Zealand Gazette, 12 June 1980, No. 66, page 1752. |
| Hadfield Clearing | Clearing | Open area surrounding an early settler homestead, maintained for over a century and now regenerating, rising to the surrounding hillsides, located at the western reaches of Awaroa Inlet, within Abel Tasman National Park. NZTopo50 BP25-Motueka, GR 992 768. New name for a feature not named. |
| Westland Land District | ||
| Clarke River | River | Significant river, west of the main divide and east of Haast, flowing south-west from its source above Marks Flat, in the Mount Hooker and Mount Gow watershed, into Landsborough River. NZTopo50 BY14-Mount Ward, source: GR 357 411, and NZTopo50 BY13-Lake Paringa, confluence: GR 182 286. Extent confirmed for Clarke River (recorded name). |
| Ōkārito | Locality | Coastal settlement 18km due north of Franz Josef Glacier / Waiau township. NZTopo50 BW15-Ōkārito, GR 696 105. Spelling alteration from Okarito (macrons added to a recorded name). |
| Ōkārito Lagoon | Lagoon | Large estuarine lagoon north of Ōkārito settlement. NZTopo50 BW15-Ōkārito, GR 713 108 and NZTopo50 BW16-Whataroa, GR 747 149. Spelling alteration from Okarito Lagoon (macrons added to a recorded name). |
| Ōkārito River | River | Draining from both Lake Mapourika and Lake Wahapo, flowing north into and through Ōkārito Lagoon, its mouth exiting north of Ōkārito settlement. NZTopo50. |
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NZ Gazette 2010, No 115
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🗺️ Corrigendum to Notice of Final Decision on Assigning Place Names
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey9 September 2010
Corrigendum, Place Names, Makarora Gorge, Haast Survey District
- W. K. Shaw, Secretary, New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa
🗺️ Notice of Final Determinations to Assign, Alter or Discontinue Place Names
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey9 September 2010
Place Names, Assign, Alter, Discontinue, Geographic Features, South Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Westland