Place and Street Names

New Zealand Place Names

New Zealand place names – try checking Discover New Zealand : a Wises guide

[Also check the catalogue for other books we hold on NZ, specific areas, e.g. Auckland, Carterton, Masterton; also try Te Puna NBD search for specific areas if not found]

Local place and street names:

Local Māori place names – The Māori history and place names of Hawke's Bay / J.D.H. Buchanan ; edited by D.R. Simmons

[Also other books on Māori place names – check the catalogue]

Hastings street names – KB is compiling a history of the place names of Hastings and district

Napier street names – try What's in a name : a history of the streets of Napier / Ian L. Mills

Meeanee street names – Muskets and marshes : the history of Meeanee : the land, the people, the school / by Laraine Knight