New Zealand Legislation: Acts

23 Name of walkway over public land

• (1) The Commission must assign a distinctive name to a walkway over public land.

  (2) In assigning the name, the Commission must take into account the views (if any) of—

  • (a) hapū or iwi that have manawhenua (customary authority over land) in the area in which the walkway is located; and

  • (b) any other persons or organisations that the Commission considers representative of persons who have an interest in the naming of the walkway.