The Herald has developed an interactive version of new government maps showing New Zealand’s original tangata whenua place names for Māori Language Week. The Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New ...

A map of the South Island. New Zealand Geographic Board wants to take offensive names off the map. Photo / iStock Three offensive place names in New Zealand could be taken off maps if the public ...

Nieuw Zeeland was anglicised to New Zealand, as can be seen in his famous 1770 map. Cook renamed Te Moana-o-Raukawa as Cook Strait, and imposed dozens more English place names. He did, however ...