New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa Plan for approving unofficial recorded1 place names as official
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PHASE 1 Marlborough District Council (1146 names)
Tasman District Council (539 names)
Gisborne District Council (1057 names) PHASE 2 Auckland Council (1405 names) Offshore Islands (DOC2) (220 names) At sea in the Hawke’s Bay Region (21 names) Central Hawke’s Bay District Council (163 names) Hastings District Council (393 names) PHASE 3 Napier City Council (31 names) At sea in the Taranaki Region (54 names) Wairoa District Council (546 names) New Plymouth District Council (331 names) South Taranaki District Council (302 names) Stratford District Council (219 names)
At sea in the Bay of Plenty Region (107 names) Kawerau District Council (0 names) PHASE 4 Ōpōtiki District Council (370 names) At sea in the Manawatū-Whanganui Region (3 names) Rotorua District Council (357 names) Horowhenua District Council (96 names) Tauranga City Council (50 names) Manawatu District Council (167 names) Western Bay of Plenty District Council (207 names) Palmerston North District Council (25 names) Whakatane District Council (919 names) Rangitikei District Council (451 names) Ruapehu District Council (785 names) Tararua District Council (351 names) Whanganui District Council (301 names)
At sea in the Northland Region (322 names) Far North District Council (1804 names) Kaipara District Council (335 names) Whangarei District Council (521 names)
1 Recorded names are those that have appeared in at least two publicly available publications or databases that the Board deems authoritative 2 Department of Conservation Timeline and numbers are indicative | October 2020 New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa Plan for approving unofficial recorded1 place names as official
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PHASE 5 At sea in the Waikato Region (231 names) Hamilton City Council (43 names) Hauraki District Council (164 names) Matamata-Piako District Council (139 names)
Ōtorohanga District Council (310 names) PHASE 6 South Waikato District Council (106 names) At sea in the West Coast Region (62 names) Taupo District Council (633 names) Buller District Council (697 names) Thames-Coromandal District Council (648 names) Grey District Council (530 names) Waikato District Council (561 names) Westland District Council (2876 names) Waipa District Council (150 names) At sea in the Canterbury Region (88 names) Waitomo District Council (418 names) Ashburton District Council (298 names) Christchurch City Council (236 names) Hurunui District Council (638 names) Kaikoura District Council (234 names) Mackenzie District Council (519 names) PHASE 7 Selwyn District Council (449 names) At sea in the Otago Region (49 names) Timaru District Council (189 names) Central Otago District Council (686 names) Waimakariri District Council (114 names) Clutha District Council (512 names) Waimate District Council (117 names) Dunedin City Council (471 names) Waitaki District Council (500 names) Queenstown-Lakes District Council (992 names)
At sea in the Southland Region (162 names) Gore District Council (63 names) Invercargill City Council (70 names) Southland District Council (2148 names)
Chatham Islands Council (10 names)
1 Recorded names are those that have appeared in at least two publicly available publications or databases that the Board deems authoritative Timeline and numbers are indicative | October 2020