11/28/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/27/2022 20:12
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa has announced recent decisions, including corrections to existing place names and validating seven Crown reserve names as official.
The Board has fulfilled its commitment in the cultural redress of place name restoration by gazetting 12 Maniapoto treaty settlement place names and discontinuing eight Crown reserve names - listed here.
Minister for Land Information, Hon Damien O'Connor, has today announced the new place name, Lake Te Horonui, for the lake formed by a significant landslide between Wairoa and Gisborne in 2018.
East Coast landslide lake now officially Lake Te Horonui
Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is an independent statutory body. The Board is supported and administered by Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand.
Anyone may propose a name for a geographic feature or place. The Board uses naming guidelines, standards, and international good practice for standardised, consistent, and accurate place naming, to help us make robust and enduring decisions.
The Board recognises the importance of pronunciation in te reo and macrons support both pronunciation and meaning. Therefore, the Board follows the orthographic conventions created by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission).
If the Board doesn't agree with a proposal, it may consult on a different proposal considered more appropriate.
The Board consults with relevant agencies, local communities, stakeholders, and iwi. It researches all proposals and encourages the use of original Māori names.
Once official, place names must be used in all official documents like road signs, maps, websites and databases.
Anyone can make a submissionon proposed place names, either onlineor by emailing [email protected]
Information about official and recorded place names is available in the New Zealand Gazetteer.
Email: [email protected]or phone: 027 566 5251
28 o Whiringa-ā-rangi 2022
Kua pānuihia e Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa ngā whakatau o nā tata nei, tae atu ki ngā whakatikatanga ki ngā ingoa wāhi kua takoto kē mai me te whakaū kia mana ētahi papa rāhui a te Karauna e whitu.
Kua tutuki te wāhi ki te Poari mō te puretumu ahurea kia whakahokia ake te ingoa wāhi i tana kāhetia i ētahi ingoa wāhi whakataunga tiriti 12 a Maniapoto me te unu atu i ētahi ingoa papa rāhui Karauna e waru - e rārangi ana i konei.
Kua pānuitia i te rangi nei e te Minita mō Toitū Te Whenua, e Hon Damien O'Connor, te ingoa wāhi hou o Lake Te Horonui, mō te roto i ahuahuangia e tētahi horo nunui i waenganui o te Wairoa me Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa i te 2018.
Kua mana te ingoa o Lake Te Horonui mō te roto i Te Tairāwhiti i ahuahungia e te horo
He rōpū motuhake ā-ture a Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa. E tautokohia ana, e whakahaeretia ana te Poari e Toitū Te Whenua.
E āhei ana te tangata noa ki te tono ingoa mō tētahi tārainga matawhenua, tētahi wāhi rānei. Ka whai mātou i ētahi aratohu taunaha, ētahi paerewa, me ngā tikanga mahi papai o te ao mō te aro whānui, te auau, me te tino tika o te taunahatanga e kaha ai, e mauroa ai tā mātou i whakatau ai.
E mōhio ana te Poari ki te hiranga o te whakahua i te reo, ka tautoko hoki te tohutō i te whakahuatanga me te tikanga o te kupu. Nō reira, ka whai te Poari i ngā tikanga tuhi i hangaia e Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori.
Ki te kore te Poari e whakaae ki tētahi tono, e taea ana e ia te whakapāpā haere mō tētahi tono kē e whakaarotia ana he hāngai ake.
Ka whakapā te Poari ki ngā umanga e hāngai ana, ki ngā hapori o te rohe, ki te hunga whai pānga me te iwi. Ka rangahaua e ia ngā tono katoa, ka whakahau hoki i te whakamahia o te ingoa Māori ake.
Kia whakamanahia, me āta whakamahi te ingoa wāhi i ngā tuhinga mana katoa, pērā i te tohu huarahi, te mahere whenua, te paetukutuku, me te putunga raraunga.
E āhei ana te tangata noa ki te tāpae tonomō te ingoa kua tonoa, ā-tuihonorānei ki te īmēra rānei i [email protected]
E wātea ana ngā kōrero mō te ingoa mana me te ingoa kua takoto i te New Zealand Gazetteer.
Īmēra: [email protected]waea rānei: 027 566 5251