Place Names of New Zealand

Arthur's Pass Ashburton Bay of Islands Beach Blenheim Bush called canoe Canterbury Cape Captain Cook chief Christchurch coast Coromandel corruption County Cove Creek d'Urville descriptive name district Dunedin Dusky Sound early settler Fiordland Flat Gisborne Glacier Harbour Hawke's Bay hill honour Hutt Invercargill James McKerrow John Julius von Haast known l1km Lake Wakatipu land locality manga Maori name Marlborough meaning Mount Cook mountain name was given Named by Captain Named by Julius native tree Nelson North Auckland Oamaru origin Otago Pakeha Palmerston North Peak Pelorus Sound Peninsula place names Point Port post office puke Queen Charlotte Sound Range rangi River rock Rotorua settlement South Island Southern Alps Southland station Stewart Island stream suburb of Auckland suburb of Wellington surveyor tapu Taranaki Tasman Tauranga Timaru town township tributary Valley Waikato Waipara Wairoa Wanganui Wellington Westland whaling whanga Whanganui River Whangarei William wrote Zealand