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Lake Ferry (Locality) Palliser Bay, Wellington Report to make a recorded name official: Lake Ferry (locality) Palliser Bay, Wellington MAP 1 Source: MapToaster™ Source: QGIS™ for the NZGB Gazetteer: Topo250 map 16. Crown Copyright reserved Shape file provided by South Wairarapa District Council SUMMARY • The proposer is seeking to have the existing recorded name, Lake Ferry , for a small locality on the shore where Lake Onoke empties into Palliser Bay, approved or assigned as an official geographic feature name. The intention of the proposal is to recognise and officially designate the location of the settlement as distinct from the adjoining lake feature. • The proposer advises that the small rural locality has approximately 50 dwellings with potential for another thirty. The local hotel and motor camp are popular destinations for tourists and holiday makers, and the 1 Land Information New Zealand 23 September 2015 Page 1 of 10 Linzone ID A2028558 area is a recreational centre for seasonal hunting and fishing. • Over the years there have been a number of riding and drowning fatalities in the area. Approving or assigning Lake Ferry (locality) as an official name would not cause any confusion for emergency services as the name has been in long term use. • The proposer has consulted widely and provided documentary evidence of support from Lake Ferry Ratepayers & Residents Association, the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the South Wairarapa District Council. • The GIS Project Manager/Cultural Advisor to Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa personally supports the proposal. • Te Puni Kōkiri has provided a verbal update on consultation it has undertaken with mana whenua. • In terms of the NZGB’s definition of a recorded name, ie, all NZMS maps and the Archived Place Names Database (replaced by the NZGB’s Gazetteer) are authoritative publications/databases, the proposal meets the criteria of s.24 of the NZGB Act 2008 as there does not appear to be any other recorded name for Lake Ferry (locality). It is clear that the locality is being officially named and not the lake, therefore there is unlikely to be any public objection. • The NZGB may consider adding Okorewa, Rautoka and Upokokirikiri for places that are not specific to the locality of Lake Ferry but are in the immediate vicinity, which are depicted on historical plans and documents that the NZGB has yet to consider to be authoritative publications, to the Gazetteer as ‘Collected’ names to enable their discovery. However, if the NZGB agrees that these historical plans and documents are authoritative, then the names can be added to the Gazetteer as ‘Recorded’ names. 23 September 2015 Page 2 of 10 Linzone ID A2028558 SECRETARIAT RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendation 1 Approve as official Lake Ferry (locality) in terms of Section 24(2)(a) of the NZGB Act 2008, based on: - it being unlikely that there will be public objection and there being no alternative recorded name specifically for the locality, - the name being in long term use, - support for the proposal from Lake Ferry Ratepayers & Residents Association, DOC and the South Wairarapa District Council, and - it being of benefit to emergency services to officially name the locality. and Recommendation 2 Notify in terms of Section 21(2) of the NZGB Act 2008. and Recommendation 3 Consider recommending that Lake Ferry (locality) be added to the Online Dictionary of New Zealand Sign Language. and Recommendation 4 Add Okorewa, Rautoka and Upokokirikiri, which are depicted on historical [Deferred] plans and documents that the NZGB has not considered to be authoritative publications, to the Gazetteer as ‘Collected’ names to enable their discovery, subject to confirmation with mana whenua of their story and orthography with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (TTWh). or Recommendation 4a Agree that that the historical plans and documents on which Okorewa, Rautoka and Upokokirikiri are shown are authoritative, and add them to the Gazetteer as ‘Recorded’ names to enable their discovery, subject to confirmation with mana whenua of their story and orthography with TTWh. OTHER OPTIONS Option 5 Defer this proposal to approve Lake Ferry (locality) as an official geographic name to undertake further consultation with mana whenua and the community. OR Option 6 Accept a proposal to assign Lake Ferry (locality), based on it being an opportunity to undertake further consultation with mana whenua and the community, and Option 7 Notify as a proposal to assign for a period of three one months in terms of Section 16 of the NZGB Act 2008. SECRETARIAT ANALYSIS The Proposal • The proposer is seeking to have the recorded name Lake Ferry (locality) approved as an official geographic name in terms of s.10(1)(b) and s.24(2)(a) of the NZGB Act 2008. • Initially the proposal was for Lake Ferry Settlement; however, the proposer subsequently confirmed that the proposal is for Lake Ferry without the generic term ‘Settlement’. • The proposer advises that the intention of the proposal is to recognise and officially designate the location of the settlement as distinct from 23 September 2015 Page 3 of 10 Linzone ID A2028558 the lake feature. • The proposer advises that: - Lake Ferry is one of the oldest settlements in the Wairarapa, and is historically significant for Māori and as the entry point for European pioneers bringing stock around the south coast from Wellington, - there are approximately 54 dwellings at Lake Ferry at present, with the potential for another thirty within the residential zone area, - the settlement has a hotel, which attracts significant daytime trade from tourists, and a permanent motor camp on South Wairarapa District Council land, and - the area is known for its biodiversity, including a number of different bird species, the long finned eel and whitebait migration, and is a recreational centre for seasonal hunting and fishing. Historical maps, • ‘Ferry’ in various forms has been depicted on maps plans and charts plans and charts since 1855. • Historical plans W(R)17, ML 1564, SO 10482 and ML 600 show ‘Okorewa’ adjoining Lake Ferry to the southeast. • Historical plans SO 10464 (1844) and SO 10482 show ‘Pa Poko kiri kiri’ and ‘Site of the Old Pa Upokokirikiri’ to the north of Lake Ferry. • Historical plan ML 600 shows ‘Rautoka’ to the north of Lake Ferry. • Refer to research below for more discussion on Okorewa, Rautoka and Upokokirikiri. Map/plan/chart Date Name SO 10482 undated Ferry Reserve W(R)17 1855 Ferry Reserve Ferry House ML 1564 1860 Ferry Reserve Ferry House GAZ91 1875 Not named ML 600 1881 Ferry (survey mark) ML 4202 Not dated Ferry Reserve Lake Ferry Road SO 13336 1892 Ferry (survey mark) SO 14350 1898 Ferry (survey mark) Ferry Reserve Lake Ferry Road SO 14415 1899 Ferry (survey mark) Ferry Res. Lake Ferry Road B 233 & B 235 1907 Ferry (survey mark) Ferry Res. DP 1943 1907 Ferry Res. Lake Ferry Rd. SO 15898 1908 Ferry (survey mark) NZMS 26, North Island 1920 Not named NZMS 13, WN89 1925 Ferry (survey mark) 23 September 2015 Page 4 of 10 Linzone ID A2028558 FERRY RES. LAKE FERRY RD. NZMS 25, North Island 1948 Not named NZMS 177, N165 1965 Lake Ferry NZMS 1, N165, 1 st ,2 nd & 3 rd eds. 1953, 1966, 1973 Lake Ferry Chart NZ 46 2000 Lake Ferry NZMS 260 R27 R28 Pt Q27 2006 Lake Ferry NZTopo50-BQ32 2014 Lake Ferry Chart NZ 463 2015 Lake Ferry Location/extent of • The feature is a small settlement located on the shore where Lake feature Onoke empties into Palliser Bay, approximately 30 km southwest of Martinborough and 33 km east-southeast of Wellington. • The South Wairarapa District Council has provided a shape file that shows an extent of approximately 50 ha for the locality. • The proposer was initially concerned that the coordinates for Lake Ferry (locality) pinned it in the lake and not on land in the NZGB’s Gazetteer . • When the Gazetteer was established the reference point was taken from the place where the name appeared cartographically on the NZMS260 R27 R28 Pt Q27, which happened to be in the lake. The NZGB’s Secretariat has updated the Gazetteer to show the reference point on land. Generic term and • Lake Ferry is not named after the lake that it adjoins, and historically a geographic feature generic term has not been part of its name. type • The generic term ‘Lake’ forms part of the specific name. Including a generic term as part of the specific name is common in some populated place names, for example, Otaki Beach, Pukerua Bay and Lake Hāwea. • Because Lake Ferry has been in long term use, adding a generic feature type, for example ‘Settlement’, to the name is not likely to be of any benefit to the public or emergency services. It would also make the name very long. New Zealand • Lake Ferry (locality) is a recorded name in the New Zealand Gazetteer. Gazetteer Associative and • Lake Ferry Road is the main access road from Martinborough into Lake duplicated names Ferry. • There is no duplication of Lake Ferry. • Other duplications of ‘Ferry’: Ferry Hill twice in Otago, Ferry Landing in Whitianga Harbour, Menzies Ferry in Southland and Scotts Ferry on Rangitikei River are so far distant from Lake Ferry that there is unlikely to be confusion or issues for emergency services because of duplication. Research/History/ • There is no record in the NZGB’s archives for Lake Ferry. References • The proposer has provided a number of references describing the 23 September 2015 Page 5 of 10 Linzone ID A2028558 establishment of the farming community, the ferry service and hotel at Lake Ferry. • Reed 2 records, ‘Ferry, Lake: Wellington, at Palliser Bay, by Lake Onoke. A condition of the granting of a licence to the owner of the first accommodation house was that travellers must be ferried across the lake’.
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