Home›More›Articles›How New Zealand and its islands got their namesArticleHow New Zealand and its islands got their namesArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnNew Zealand, Countries Well-attested SourcesNew Zealand (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationEtymology sectionQuote, Etymology sectionThe New Zealand Geographic Board discovered in 2009 that the names of the North Island and South Island had never been formalised, and names and alternative names were formalised in 2013.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.