4Interpretation

1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

   alternative official geographic names means any 2 or more alternative official geographic names for the same geographic feature or Crown protected area

   Antarctica has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of the Antarctica Act 1960

   Board means the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa continued by section 7

   Crown protected area means—

   1. land or an interest in land held under the Conservation Act 1987 for the purpose of a conservation park, ecological area, sanctuary area, or wilderness area, or for any other specified purpose, as provided for in Part 4 of that Act:
   2. a government purpose reserve, historic reserve, nature reserve, recreation reserve, scenic reserve, or scientific reserve, as provided for in Part 3 of the Reserves Act 1977 (but not a reserve that is vested in a local authority):
   3. a marine reserve, as defined in section 2 of the Marine Reserves Act 1971:
   4. a national park, as defined in section 2 of the National Parks Act 1980

   department means the department of State that is, with the authority of the Prime Minister, for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act

   district has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Local Government Act 2002

   document has the same meaning as in section 4 of the National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) Act 2003

   Gazetteer means the New Zealand Gazetteer of Official Geographic Names required to be established and maintained by section 13

   GEBCO Gazetteer means the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans Gazetteer of Undersea Feature Names

   geographic feature and feature mean—

   1. a natural feature such as a mountain, peak, valley, glen, forest, lagoon, swamp, creek, stream, river, ford, lake, glacier or ice feature, bay, island or harbour (including man-made features of the same type):
   2. a railway or railway station, but not a railway feature such as a marshalling yard, transfer site, or track point location:
   3. a place:
   4. an undersea feature

   local authority has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Local Government Act 2002

   locality means an identifiable area within a local authority area, usually rural or partly rural in character

   Minister means the Minister of the Crown for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act

   official chart and official map mean, as the case may be, a chart (such as a hydrographic chart) or map (such as a topographic map) published under Crown copyright, including any Crown-owned electronic database from which such a chart or map is produced

   official document—

   1. means a published document created by a public office or by a local authority in the course of business; and
   2. includes, in relation to documents published in New Zealand or prepared in New Zealand for publication outside New Zealand (whether or not created by a public office or by a local authority in the course of business),—
      1. geographic and scientific publications and manuscripts; and
      2. publications intended for travellers or tourists

   official geographic name—

   1. means—
      1. the name of a geographic feature assigned, approved, or altered under this Act and publicly notified in accordance with this Act; or
      2. the names validated by section 35; and
   2. includes—
      1. the name of a Crown protected area reviewed and concurred with by the Board under subpart 3 of Part 2; and
      2. a name published in the Gazette under the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946; and
      3. the place names assigned, altered, or discontinued under a Treaty of Waitangi Settlement Act enacted before the commencement of this Act; and
      4. alternative official geographic names

   place—

   1. means a city, town, village, site, area, or similar place; and
   2. includes a locality and suburb; but
   3. does not include a district, region, or ward of a local authority or a Crown protected area

   public office has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Public Records Act 2005

   recorded name means the name of a geographic feature that—

   1. is not an official geographic name; but
   2. appears in at least 2 publications or databases that are—
      1. publicly available; and
      2. in the opinion of the Board, authoritative publications or databases

   region has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Local Government Act 2002

   suburb means an identifiable area within a local authority area, usually urban in character, with facilities such as those for education, transport, and shopping

   te reo Māori means the Māori language

   tikanga Māori means Māori customary values and practices

   undersea feature means a part of the ocean floor or seabed that has measurable relief or is delimited by relief, as, for example, set out in (but not limited to) the Guidelines for the Standardization of Undersea Feature Names (International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco, April 2001)

   ward has the same meaning as in section 5 of the Local Electoral Act 2001.

Notes

• Section 4 alternative official geographic names: inserted, on 12 December 2012, by section 4(1) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 110).
• Section 4 official geographic name paragraph (a)(i): amended, on 12 December 2012, by section 4(2) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 110).
• Section 4 official geographic name paragraph (b)(iii): amended, on 12 December 2012, by section 4(3) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 110).
• Section 4 official geographic name paragraph (b)(iv): inserted, on 12 December 2012, by section 4(3) of the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Amendment Act 2012 (2012 No 110).