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Geographic Name Proposals Report

Pūkorokoro / Miranda (locality)

Pūkorokoro Hot Springs (hot springs) Firth of Thames

name alteration and assigning a new name

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Locality

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Pūkorokoro Hot Springs

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SUMMARY

• The proposer is seeking to alter the recorded locality name Miranda to

Pūkorokoro / Miranda and assign the new name Pūkorokoro Hot Springs

to the hot springs known locally as Miranda Hot Springs.

• Both features are located on the southwest coast of the Firth of Thames.

• The locality name Pukorokoro (no macron) has been used on maps since

at least the late 1860s. The name Miranda, from the ship HMS Miranda,

replaced the name Pukorokoro after an event during the Waikato War in

1863.

• The nearby hot springs has an original Māori name, Pūkorokoro that has

never been depicted on maps. The location of the hot springs has been

given a locality name, Miranda Hot Springs. The Miranda Holiday Park is

located there.

SECRETARIAT RECOMMENDATIONS

Recommendation 1 Accept the proposal to alter Miranda to a dual name Pūkorokoro /

Miranda for the locality on the Firth of Thames, based on the long term

use of Miranda and the long association of the original Māori name

Pūkorokoro with the locality, recognising the equal significance of both the

Māori and non-Maori names, and support from Hauraki District Council and

Waikato District Council and confirmation of orthography by Te Taura

Whiri i te Reo Māori.

and

Recommendation 2 Notify as a proposal to alter for a period of three months in terms of s.16

of the NZGB Act 2008.

OR

Recommendation 3 Decline the proposal to alter to a dual name Miranda to Pūkorokoro /

Miranda for the locality, based on the issues that may be caused by

assigning a dual name to an addressable/populated locality, and because

the ANZ 4819 Addressing Standard states ‘a dual name or an alternative

name shall not be assigned to a locality’.

AND

Recommendation 4 Accept the proposal to assign Pūkorokoro Hot Springs to an unnamed

hot springs feature (not the locality) approximately 3 km southeast of the

locality of Miranda, including the English generic geographic term, based

on the information provided by the proposer of the original name for the

feature and confirmation of orthography by Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori,

subject to the exact location of the hot springs feature being determined.

and

Recommendation 5 Notify as a proposal to assign for a period of three months in terms of

s.16 of the NZGB Act 2008.

AND

Recommendation 6 Accept the following alterations to adjacent associated names based on

the need for consistency and correct spelling, and the alteration being a

minor change in orthography:

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• Miranda Hot Springs to Pūkorokoro / Miranda Hot Springs

(locality) subject to support from Hauraki District Council and

Waikato District Council.

• Pukorokoro to Pūkorokoro (hill) - 3.8km southwest of Miranda

• Pukorokoro Stream to Pūkorokoro Stream - flowing southeast

along the coastal flats north of Miranda, subject to confirmation of

extent.

and

Recommendation 7 Notify Pūkorokoro / Miranda Hot Springs (locality), Pūkorokoro (hill) and

Pūkorokoro Stream as proposals to alter for a period of three months in

terms of s.16 of the NZGB Act 2008.

OR

Recommendation 8 Discontinue the locality name Miranda Hot Springs to avoid confusion

between the hot springs and locality as the hot springs are known locally

by the same name as the recorded locality name, to minimise difficulties

in displaying two names in the same location on maps and as the only

features at the location of the name Miranda Hot Springs on map is the

Miranda Holiday Park and adjoining hot springs pool.

and

Recommendation 9 Notify in terms of s.21(2) of the NZGB Act 2008 for one month.

SECRETARIAT ANALYSIS

The Proposal • The Office of Treaty Settlements (OTS) has now submitted these

proposals through the normal statutory process on behalf of Ngāti Pāoa

(who is part of Hauraki Collective) who is currently in Treaty

negotiations with the Crown.

• Ngāti Pāoa (through OTS) is proposing that the recorded locality name

Miranda be altered to Pūkorokoro / Miranda, and the unnamed hot

springs feature be assigned as Pūkorokoro Hot Springs.

• Ngāti Pāoa identified the hot springs by the local use name Miranda Hot

Springs. Ngāti Pāoa and OTS did not know that the name Miranda Hot

Springs (recorded in the New Zealand Gazetteer and shown on maps) is

for a locality not the hot springs. OTS clarified that the proposed name

Pūkorokoro Hot Springs is for the hot springs and not the locality named

Miranda Hot Springs.

Policy on

‘Requirement for

Geographic Name

Proposals’

• The Board’s Chairperson accepted the proposal for processing as it

meets the Board’s minimum requirements policy and naming criteria.

New Zealand

Gazetteer • Miranda and Miranda Hot Springs (both localities) are recorded names in

the New Zealand Gazetteer. The hot springs are not named.

Historical Maps,

Plans • Miranda (locality) was originally named Pukorokoro on plans and named

Miranda after 1873. The hot springs locality has been named Miranda

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Hot Springs on maps. The hot springs have not been named on any

maps, plans or charts but were depicted on maps in 1942, 1957 and

1964.

Date, edition Map/plan/chart Miranda

locality name

Hot springs

locality name

1869 ML 1544/A2 Pukorokoro Not depicted

1869 North Auckland SO

1315/1

Pukorokoro Not depicted

1870 North Auckland SO

160

Pukorokoro Not depicted

1873 South Auckland ML

2925

Miranda Not depicted

1877 South Auckland ML

3012

Area named

Pukorokoro,

Miranda District

Not depicted

1891 South Auckland SO

6111

“Plan of

Tramway Road

Miranda Wharf

Pukorokoro”

Not depicted

1894 South Auckland SO

2744/A

Miranda Not depicted

1942 NZMS 1 N48 Miranda Hot Springs

1957, 2nd edition NZMS 1 N48 Miranda Hot Springs

1964, 3rd edition NZMS 1 N48 Miranda Hot Springs

1972, 3rd edition NZMS 177 N48 Miranda Unnamed

1974, 4th edition NZMS 1 N48 Miranda Unnamed

1999 Chart NZ 533 Miranda Unnamed

2006 NZMS 260-S12 Miranda Miranda Hot

Springs

(locality)

2012, edition 2.00 NZTopo50-BB34 Miranda Miranda Hot

Springs

(locality)

NZGB Archive

Records • In correspondence1 dated 1956, CS Wood notes that “Miranda: the

Maori name was Pokorokoro, which my old Maori friends of Ngati Paoa

and Ngati Maru interpreted as ‘Throat of night’. An old account of the

origin of the proverb, ‘Pare Waikato, pare Hauraki’ published in the

Polynesian Journal many years ago gives the name as ‘Puke korokoro’,

but this name was extinct or modified by the time of the Maori War, as

Pokorokoro is given in most of the histories. It is a place very famous in

Maori history”.

Henry James

Fletcher Māori

Names Index2

• Fletcher records Pukorokoro as “A place on the Thames. A hill on the

Hauraki Gulf”.

1 NZGB Correspondence. Vol 31, p. 109 2 Fletcher, H.J. 1925. Index of Māori Names. Retrieved from http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/nzc/fletcher/, 22 May 2014

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Research/History/

References • Pukorokoro was first recorded in a newspaper in 18633.

• Ngāti Pāoa states that Pūkorokoro is locally translated as “the long

throated purse net”, which describes the entrance to Pukorokoro Stream

and regular fishing that occurred in the area.

• Ngāti Pāoa states that in mid 1863 the Crown sent HMS Miranda as part

of a naval blockade to suppress rebel forces. HMS Miranda tried to land

soliders at the well-populated village of Pūkorokoro based on

information that Kīngitanga forces might be there. Waka, whare and

surrounding bush were destroyed and a large number of Ngāti Pāoa

people were killed. Crown forces later constructed a redoubt which was

named Miranda after the ship. This name was subsequently used for the

town and surrounding area.

Waikato-Tainui –

Board to have

particular regard

to the Vision and

Strategy

• The proposer consulted with Waikato-Tainui who supports “the proposed

name change from Miranda to Miranda/Pukorokoro”.

• Waikato-Tainui contacted representatives from Okarea, Mangatangi and

Taniwha Marae (which is the Waikato-Tainui Te Kauhanganui Inc marae

located closest to Miranda). The three marae support the proposed

name change.

• Waikato-Tainui also notes that Kahui Kaumatua (a forum of kaumatua

from Waikato-Tainui) passed a resolution unanimously supporting Ngāti

Pāoa in this proposal.

• The proposal gives practical effect to the Deed of Settlement and Accord

with the Minister for Land Information, to support and assist Waikato-

Tainui to engage with the Board for the exercise of mana whakahaere.

Location/Extent of

Feature • Miranda is a small locality incorporating a small group of residential

homes and rural lifestyle properties. It is located on the Firth of Thames

approximately 20 km west-southwest of Thames. The Secretariat is

unsure of the spatial extent of the locality but has requested it from

Hauraki District Council.

• Miranda Hot Springs is also a locality approximately 3 km southeast of

the Miranda. The hot springs feature (not currently named) (originally

about 100 individual springs over a 40 ha4) were inaccessible to Pākehā

until the 20th Century because of the lack of roads to the feature5. The

area was developed after World War II.

• The locality of Miranda and the hot springs feature are not nationally

iconic places but the hot springs are the largest in the country6 and

reputedly the largest in the Southern Hemisphere7. Altering the names

may be contentious with local people and tourists.

Generic Feature • A generic feature type for the locality is not appropriate.

3 Coromandel – Native Intelligence. 20 November 1863. Daily Southern Cross, XIX:1980, p. 4 4 Freeston, D. and Lund, J.W. 1998. Miranda Hot Springs. GHC Bulletin, September 1998. Retrieved from http://geoheat.oit.edu/bulletin/bull19-3/art10.pdf, 29 May 2014 5 Swarbrick, N. 2013. Thermal pools and spas – Leisure and pleasure. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6590/miranda-hot-springs, 29 May 2014 6 Peter, A.T. 2010. A Low enthalpy geothermal resources – Miranda-Kaiaua area. Waikato Regiaonl Council Technical Report 2012/19. Report prepared for Waikato Regional Council. Retrieved from http://www.waikatoregion.govt.nz/PageFiles/21868/TR201219.pdf, 29 May 2014 7 Lonely Planet. 2014. Miranda Hot Springs. Retrieved from http://www.lonelyplanet.com/new-zealand/miranda/activities/other/miranda-hot-springs, 29 May 2014

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• Hot Springs is appropriate generic feature type for the hot springs and

will assist with feature identification.

NZGB Act 2008 • Section 3(e): provide means for appropriate recognition to be accorded

to cultural and heritage values associated with geographic features.

• The proposed names support sections 11(1)(d) and (e) of the NZGB Act

2008 as they seek to restore an original Māori name. Assigning the

proposed names as official will ensure their use on maps, charts and

other official documents.

Policy from

Frameworks

version 5

• Dual and alternative naming: dual and alternative naming recognises

the equal and special significance for the community of both original

Māori and non-Māori names.

Miranda and Pūkorokoro are significant names with Pūkorokoro

being the original Māori name and Miranda commemorating an

event that occurred at the locality during the Waikato War.

• Locality and suburb names: The Board recognises the importance of

locality and suburb names and their extents. These names and the area

to which they relate are important in correctly identifying locations,

which is essential for emergency services.

The Secretariat has asked Hauraki District Council to provide the

extent of Miranda. The Council has not yet provided an extent but

said: “We have never been given any geographical extent of this

area (Pukorokoro) [sic] and recommend that iwi define this area as

it may not be the same as the general Miranda as it is known as

today”.

Duplication/

Associated names • Miranda is duplicated in Miranda Redoubt, Miranda Scenic Reserve,

Miranda Scientific Reserve, Miranda Stream and Miranda Taramaire

Government Purpose Reserve Wildlife Management Area. All of these

features are located within 6 km of Miranda (locality). The proposer is

not seeking to alter these names as they will preserve the name

Miranda.

• A company operates a public swimming pool at the locality of Miranda

Hot Springs which is feed by the hot springs. The pool is named Miranda

Hot Springs8.

• Pukorokoro is duplicated in Pukorokoro a hill approximately 4 km

southwest of Miranda, Pukorokoro Stream which flows into Miranda

Stream less than 500 m northeast of Miranda and Pukorokoro Stream

near Hokianga Harbour. Pukorokoro and Pukorokoro Stream (near

Miranda) are associated features.

• The Board should consider altering the orthography of Pukorokoro (hill)

and Pukorokoro Stream, which are associative names, with this proposal

for consistency.

• Assigning the proposed Māori name to the locality of Miranda will not

cause issues or confusion for emergency services as although there is

duplication of Pukorokoro and Miranda in the surrounding area the

duplication is not for another locality or hot springs.

• The Secretariat understands that OTS has asked the Department of

Conservation to consider altering the name Miranda Taramaire

Government Purpose Reserve Wildlife Management Area to Pūkorokoro

Taramaire Government Purpose Reserve Wildlife Management Area as

8 Miranda Hot Springs. N.d. Retrieved from http://www.mirandahotsprings.co.nz/, 18 June 2014

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part of the Ngāti Pāoa Treaty settlement.

Addressing

Implications • Miranda and Miranda Hot Springs are not listed by NZ Post as

addressable localities and there are unlikely to be addressing issues if

the names are altered.

• Miranda is listed as an Electoral Place name9.

• Retaining Miranda in a dual name will overcome any addressing issues.

• The ANZ 4819 Addressing Standard states (moving forward) “a dual

name or an alternative name shall not be assigned to a locality”.

However there are existing dual names for localities and these are

acceptable. The Standard also states “The determination of locality

names and boundaries shall comply with relevant jurisdictional

legislation, policies and guidelines”. This means that if the NZGB

considers a dual name to be appropriate, then that would override the

ANZ 4819 Addressing Standard.

Hydrographic

Considerations • Miranda and Miranda Hot Springs are not listed in the Admiralty Sailing

Directions but Miranda is named on Chart NZ 533 (1999).

• There would not be any maritime safety issues if Miranda was altered.

Consultation with

iwi and others • OTS consulted with iwi with customary interests in the area including

Waikato-Tainui and their hapu Ngāti Tamaoho, Ngāti Whanaunga and

informed other Hauraki iwi. Waikato-Tainui and Hauraki Collective

support the proposal for altering Miranda to a dual name Pūkorokoro /

Miranda (refer to supporting information in the proposal).

• OTS also consulted with Waikato District Council and Hauraki District

Council who both support the proposal for altering Miranda to a dual

name Pūkorokoro / Miranda (refer to supporting information in the

proposal). However the Councils were not asked for their views on

changing the locality name of Miranda Hot Springs as OTS and the

proposers thought this name was for the hot springs not a locality.

• The proposer has consulted with Miranda Naturalists’ Trust, who stated

that:

“In August 2012 we became aware of the deep seated

grievance felt by Ngati Paoa at the fact this local district is

officially known as Miranda… In February 2013 we approached

Ngati Paoa with a proposal to add Pukorokoro to our name -

thus becoming the Pukorokoro Miranda Naturalists' Trust. We

stressed that we were not in a position to consider dropping

Miranda from our name, as we have had a long standing

international profile associated with that name. We did

however, consider that adding Pukorokoro was something we

could, and should, do. Through our quarterly magazine we

informed our membership (c 700 people) of this proposal and

have received overwhelmingly positive feedback. We still

however, need to present a motion to our AGM in May this year

before we can officially proceed, but at this stage we are

confident the name change will be ratified.”

• Te Puni Kōkiri (TPK) has confirmed that Ngāti Pāoa are and have mana

whenua over the area.

9 Land Information New Zealand. 2014. Search Electoral Places. Retrieved from http://www.linz.govt.nz/property-addressing/address-street-data/searchplaces, 22 May 2014

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Spelling/Orthograp

hy, including Te

Taura Whiri i te

Reo Māori (Māori

Language

Commission)

advice on Māori

names

• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori has confirmed that the orthography of

Pūkorokoro is correct.

Media • Media attention to date has been positive. A newspaper article was

published in 2013 (listed under supporting information) after Hauraki

District Council (HDC) received a letter from the Minister for Treaty of

Waitangi Negotiations about altering the name Miranda. The article

stated that the HDC agreed to support the name change.

• Altering the names may be contentious with local people and might

generate further media attention.

SUPPORTING INFORMATION

1. Proposal from OTS received 5 March 2014

2. Supporting information – evidence of consultation with Miranda Naturalists’ Trust

3. Waihi Leader article regarding request from Hauraki Iwi to alter Miranda 5 December

2013

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