| LC control no. | n 81091918 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Napier (N.Z.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | New Zealand--Napier |
| Variant(s) | Napier, N.Z. Borough of Napier (N.Z.) City of Napier (N.Z.) Napier City (N.Z.) Ahuriri (N.Z.) |
| See also | Hawke's Bay County (N.Z.) |
| Other standard no. | Q203380 32121 |
| Associated country | New Zealand |
| Found in | The naming of Napier, 1970 NZ place names database (archived), Jul. 27, 2009 (Napier; town: -39.5043, long: 176.8924) District electors' list and roll of the Borough of Napier, 1941? City of Napier, 1950 Napier.govt.nz, via WWW, Jul. 27, 2009: History of Napier and Taradale (1989 local government reform resulted in the transfer of around 1.5% of Hawke's Bay County Council land ... to Napier City) New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on October 30, 2024: search for place names (Napier; feature type: city; location: 40.356S 175.617E; history/origin/meaning: originally Ahuriri; in 1855 William Seed, the postmaster at Ahuriri, wrote that he needed a date stamp and seal bearing the name of the post office, and asked that Napier rather than Ahuriri be used. The name commemorates Sir Charles Napier, the commander-in-chief of British forces in India. The new name was not adopted until 1858; land district: Hawke's Bay) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed on October 30, 2024: Napier, New Zealand page (Napier (Mà„ori: Ahuriri)) |
| Not found in | Hawke's Bay County district scheme, 1960?: t.p. (Hawke's Bay County) |
| Geographic area code | u-nz--- |
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