Notice Type
Land Notices
Notice Title

Notice of Final Determinations to Alter and Assign Geographic 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 (“Board”) hereby gives notice of final determinations to alter or assign the geographic names described in the Schedule below.

The Board’s final determinations on these geographic names took effect on 24 May 2018.

Schedule

Official Geographic Name

Geographic Feature Type

Description

Featherston

Town

A small town in South Wairarapa District, approximately 50km northeast of Wellington. NZTopo50-BP33 953457. Assigning an existing recorded name as an official name.

Pikikirunga

Hill

A hill at 1065m, approximately 4km north of the southern end of Pikikirunga Range and approximately 17km south-southeast of Takaka. NZTopo50-BP25 883613. Alteration from Pikikiruna (official name by New Zealand Gazette, 29 October 2015, Issue No. 117, Notice No. 2015-ln6235).

Pikikirunga Range

Range

A range extending generally north for approximately 30km from the saddle of Takaka Hill Highway on State Highway 60 to a beaconed geodetic mark A590 at Abel Tasman Point. NZTopo50-BN25 884577 to NZTopo50-BP25 931830. Alteration from Pikikiruna Range (official name by New Zealand Gazette, 29 October 2015, Issue No. 117, Notice No. 2015-ln6235).

Willis Peak

Peak

A peak at 1962m at the southern end of Craigieburn Range, approximately 85km west-northwest of Christchurch. NZTopo50-BW20 882080. Assigning a new name to the locally named feature, Willis Peak.

Dated at Wellington this 24th day of May 2018.

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