New Zealand Geographic Board

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The New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) ( Māori Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa ) is a New Zealand government body. It is based at Radio New Zealand House at 155 The Terrace in Wellington .

Its legal basis is the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008 , previously it was the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946 . Although it is a legally independent organization, it reports to the Minister for Land Information . It is responsible for assigning geographical and hydrographic place names in New Zealand and its territorial waters. This includes naming, for example, settlements, mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, natural harbors and other geographical objects. The activity also includes research into the traditional Māori place names . In the areas in the Ross Sea claimed by New Zealand (not recognized under international law) , the organization has given numerous geographical names. The organization does not have the authority to change street names or intervene in the parish structure of the country.

The work of the NZGB is subject to controversy. This is mainly the result of efforts to change place names to those used by the Māori before the European settlement, but in modern spelling, standardized spelling, macrons , etc. The scope of the NZGB only includes "official" place names. Most of the names of places (including most of the cities and towns), harbors, bodies of water were not mentioned in the country's legislation or established by treaties. One of the most comprehensive sources of "official" place names is the Treaty of Waitangi , in which new names (especially for uninhabited areas) and new names with macrons were often given. Until recently, macrons were uncommon in place names.

Members of the NZGB in 2014 were:

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  1. ↑ http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2008/0030/latest/DLM1065412.html
  2. ^ The New Zealand Geographic Board - Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa . Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) , February 21, 2007, archived from the original on July 4, 2008 ; accessed on February 22, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
  3. ↑ Fight to keep 'h' out of Wanganui not over . TVNZ One News , March 30, 2009, archived from the original on February 22, 2015 ; accessed on February 22, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).