Story: Place names

More links and websites

• Search for place names

  A searchable database of New Zealand names on the Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) site.

• Frameworks of the New Zealand geographic board

  Detailed information on the official naming process.

• Science on the map

  An article about New Zealand places named for scientists by Garry J. Tee.

More suggestions and sources

• Griffiths, George. Names and places in Southern New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago Heritage, 1990.
• Irvine-Smith, F. L. The streets of my city. Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1948.
• McKinnon, Malcolm, ed. New Zealand historical atlas. Auckland: David Bateman, 1997.
• Reed, A. W. Place names of New Zealand. Rev. ed. Auckland: Raupo, 2010.
• Startup, R. M. New Zealand post offices. Rev. ed. Whenuapai: Postal History Society of New Zealand, 1993.
• Wises’ New Zealand Guide: a gazetteer of New Zealand. 8th ed. Auckland: Wises Publications, 1987