Within months of the first settlers coming to the new colonial capital in 1841 the former landscape had been transformed, and its place names changed by the colonists to names important to them. Click on the arrow (right) to see the place names.
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Source: Malcolm McKinnon, ed. Bateman New Zealand historical atlas: ko papatuanuku e takoto nei. Auckland: David Bateman, 1997, plate 33.
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