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Kōrero: Place names

New Zealand Geographic Board, 1970

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New Zealand Geographic Board, 1970

The surveyor general in 1970, R. P. Gough (seated, centre), is flanked by Māori scholar Pei Te Hurinui Jones (left) and professor of geography George Jobberns. Sir John Te Herekiekie Grace stands behind Gough, and mountaineer and chief archivist John Pascoe behind Jobberns.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA1-q-551

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Naming after 1920, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19354/new-zealand-geographic-board-1970 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.