An update from the New Zealand Geographic Board on the proposal to name the Lake Ferry locality:
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (the Board) didn’t agree with the objecting submissions, which it considered at its meeting on 20 April 2016. The Minister for Land Information has subsequently confirmed the Board’s decision to assign Lake Ferry as the official name of the locality. Lake Ferry was published as a final place name in the NZ Gazette on the 28 July 2016, and will be entered into the New Zealand Gazetteer as an official name.