The New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) Nga Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa advises that only one month remains before public consultation closes for the proposed name change "Remutaka Pass".
Members of the public have until August 28 to make a submission on a proposal to name the unnamed feature between the Rimutaka and Tararua Ranges as "Remutaka Pass".
The proposal seeks to assign the name to the pass only - not the hill itself, nor to replace the commonly used name "Rimutaka Hill Rd".
"Remutaka" is the original Maori name for the feature.
It commemorates the moment when the edge (remu) of the cape of Haunui-a-Nanaia fell to the ground (taka) when he first viewed and named Wairarapa.
