Geographic Names Update




7 AUGUST 2014

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 89


Māori Name / English Name Feature Type Details
Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere Bay NZTopo50-BP26ptBP27 240600. A bay adjacent to Nelson City and Motueka and southeast of Golden Bay / Mohua.
Tasman Bay (recorded, not official)
Tawhitikurī / Goat Point Point NZTopo50-BP32 567496. A coastal point between Plimmerton and Mana approximately 5km north north-east of Porirua City.
Goat Point (official by New Zealand Gazette, 26 February 1970, No. 10, page 297)
Te Anamāhanga / Port Gore Bay NZTopo50-BP29 036578. A bay between Cape Lambert and Cape Jackson adjacent to Cook Strait approximately 8km north-east of Endeavour Inlet (locality).
Port Gore (recorded, not official)
Te Aumiti / French Pass Strait NZTopo50-BP28 703695. A strait between Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D’Urville Island and Te Waipounamu, north-east of Current Basin approximately 1km north-east of French Pass (Ānaru) (locality).
Te Aumiti (French Pass) (official by New Zealand Gazette, 17 February 1983, No. 18, page 409)
Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour Harbour NZTopo50-BP31 548465. A harbour that extends from between Te Rewarewa Point and Whitireia / Mount Couper towards Porirua City and Pāuatahanui. Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour replaces both Porirua Harbour and Porirua Harbour (Pauatahanui Arm).
Porirua Harbour (recorded, not official) and Porirua Harbour (Pauatahanui Arm) (recorded, not official)
Te Hoiere / Pelorus River Stream NZTopo50-BR26 250058 to BQ28 638317. A river flowing from Richmond Range approximately 1km north of Ada Flat into Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere at Kaikumera Bay approximately 2km north north-east of Havelock.
Pelorus River (recorded, not official)
Te Horowai / Speargrass Creek Stream NZTopo50-BS24 797635 to BR24 808769. A stream flowing from Robert Ridge approximately 1km north-east of Rotomaninitua / Lake Angelus into Buller River approximately 8km north-west of St Arnaud.
Speargrass Creek (recorded, not official)
Te Kauparenui / Gowan River Stream NZTopo50-BR24 662729 to BR24 641821. A river flowing north from Lake Rotoroa at Rotoroa (locality) into Buller River approximately 1km east of Gowanbridge.
Gowan River (recorded, not official)
Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay Bay NZTopo50-BQ29 934109. A bay approximately 15.5km north-east of Blenheim extending from Robertson Point to Wairau River mouth and eastwards into Cook Strait.
Cloudy Bay (recorded, not official)
Te Mamaku / Ruby Bay Bay NZTopo50-BQ25 075358. A bay adjacent to Ruby Bay (locality) between Moutere Bluff and the mouth of Waimea Inlet approximately 14.5km west north-west of Nelson City.
Ruby Bay (recorded, not official)
Te Rewarewa Point Point NZTopo50-BP31 545525. A coastal point between Hongoeka Bay and Haukōpua Point approximately 3km north-west of Plimmerton.
Te Rewarewa Point (recorded, not official)
Te Tara-o-Te-Marama / Mount Freeth Hill NZTopo50-BQ28 816278. A hill at 625m approximately 3km south-west of Picton.
Mount Freeth (recorded, not official)
Te Waikoropupū River Stream NZTopo50-BN24 826791 to BP24 734772. A stream flowing from the northern end of Walker Ridge generally north-east into Takaka River approximately 1km north-west of Takaka.
Te Waikoropupū River (official by New Zealand Gazette, 16 December 2010, No. 173, page 4271)
Te Whanganui / Port Underwood Bay NZTopo50-BQ29 945249. A bay extending south-west from Separation Point to Robertson Point into Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay approximately 11km south-east of Picton.
Port Underwood (recorded, not official)
Toka-a-Papa Reef Reef NZTopo50-BP31 553506. A reef at the entrance of Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour between Hongoeka Bay and Kaitawa approximately 2km west of Plimmerton.
Tokaapapa Reef (Grandfather Rocks) (recorded, not official)


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Geographic Names, Crown Protected Area, Treaty of Waitangi Settlement, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō, Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuta, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu, Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui, Ngati Toa Rangatira