Three offensive place names in New Zealand could be taken off maps if the public backs a proposal being considered by the New Zealand Geographic Board.

Interactive NZ map shows how many Maori place names there are - or could be.

In law, names matter too. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Aotearoa New Zealand accepted in 1993, states that every child has the right to a name.

From hunting cries to Italian battlefields, explore the etymology of Westminster's place names. Previously Etymology of the London Borough of Camden and the London Borough of Southwark.

Click or tap for larger image. How did your bit of London get its name? We've made a map. High time we threw it all together into one master-map. This shows significant places from all over ...

Mapmakers Strumpshaw, Tincleton & Giggleswick have created a map of the rudest place names in the world. From Lake Minnewanka in Canada to Bonar Bridge in the UK, the map pinpoints 280 towns ...

TERRITORIANS have put themselves on the map for having some of the rudest and funniest place names in the country.

The Pudding has come up with its People Map of the UK, where city names are replaced by their most Wikipedia’ed resident – featuring people born in, lived in, or connected to a place.

A new interactive map created by a Mi'kmaq rights advocacy group is highlighting the continued presence of Indigenous people in New Brunswick and their original names for important locations.

Māori Place Names: Their meanings and origins A.W. Reed Revised by Peter Dowling Fully updated edition of classic place names guide publishing in Māori Language Week The approach of Māori ...

Google Maps is adding a feature that will make it easier for people traveling in foreign countries where they don’t speak the local language: built-in translation with text-to-speech support.