Notice Type
Land Notices
Notice Title

Notice of Final Determinations to Alter and Discontinue 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 discontinue the existing geographic names described in the Schedules below.

The Board’s final determinations on these geographic names took effect on 18 January 2018.

Schedule 1

Official Geographic Name

Geographic Feature Type

Description

Mount Doubtful

Peak

A peak previously named at 1878m on the northwest side of Zora Glacier, Bannock Brae Range, Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana. Alteration of position from NZTopo50-BY14 421527 to spot height 2245m, NZTopo50-BY14 439524. Existing recorded name made official.

Query Peak

Peak

A peak previously named at 1973m on the northwest side of Zora Glacier, Bannock Brae Range, Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana. Alteration of position from NZTopo50-BY14 412532 to spot height 2259m, NZTopo50-BY14 435522. Existing recorded name made official.

Schedule 2

Discontinued Geographic Name

Geographic Feature Type

Description

Bottle Lake

Wetland

A small forested wetland area within Bottle Lake Golf Course, Marshland, Christchurch. NZTopo50-BX24 738877. Discontinue the existing recorded name for a lake feature that no longer exists.

Dated at Wellington this 18th day of January 2018.

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