This is a list of placenames in Scotland which have subsequently been applied to parts of New Zealand by Scottish emigrants or explorers.
The South Island also contains the Strath-Taieri and the Ben Ohau Range of mountains, both combining Scots Gaelic and Māori origins, as does Glentaki, in the lower valley of the Waitaki River. Invercargill has the appearance of a Scottish name, since it combines the Scottish prefix "Inver" (Inbhir), meaning a river's mouth, with "Cargill", the name of Scottish early settler William Cargill. (Invercargill's main streets are named after Scottish rivers, e.g., Dee, Tay, Spey, Esk, Don, Doon, Clyde.) Inchbonnie is a hybrid of Lowland Scots and Scottish Gaelic.
North Island
Auckland suburbs (incl. North Shore City, Waitakere, Manukau) Ardmore Ardmore, New Zealand + Ardmore Airport Balmoral, New Zealand Glen Eden, New Zealand Glen Innes, New Zealand Glendene, New Zealand Glendowie, New Zealand Glenfield, New Zealand Henderson, New Zealand Kirkbride, New Zealand (Māngere) Murrays Bay Rothesay Bay Aberfeldy, Manawatū-Whanganui Blairlogie, Masterton District Cape Campbell Cape Egmont Dalmeny Corner (Coromandel) Eskdale, New Zealand (Hawkes Bay) Firth of Thames (from the Scottish word "firth") Frasertown, New Zealand Gisborne suburbs Elgin, New Zealand Glenbrook, New Zealand (Waikato) Glenburn, Carterton District Glendhu, South Wairarapa District Glendowie, New Zealand Huntly Kinloch, New Zealand Laingholm Langdale, Masterton District Mackenzie Bay (on Rangitoto Island) Morrisons Bush, South Wairarapa District Napier, New Zealand Stronvar, Masterton District Waverley, New Zealand (Taranaki, after Walter Scott's hero "Waverley") Wellington suburbs Kelburn, New Zealand, named for David Boyle, 7th Earl of Glasgow Kilbirnie, New Zealand Roseneath Seatoun
South Island
Athol, New Zealand Aviemore, New Zealand Avon River / Ōtākaro - named as Avon River by the Deans Brothers. Balclutha - from the Gaelic for 'Clydetown' (Baile Chluaidh) Balfour Bannockburn, New Zealand Blackmount, New Zealand Ben McLeod Benmore Range (mountains) Ben Nevis, New Zealand Chatto Creek Cheviot Christchurch suburbs Burnside, Canterbury (from burn, the Scots word for a small river) Riccarton, New Zealand Clutha River (from "Cluaidh", Scots Gaelic for "Clyde") Clyde Craigieburn Craigieburn Range Denniston (Dennistoun) Drummond Dumbarton Dunback Duncan Bay Dunedin, from Dun Eideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh, and its suburbs listed below. Many of the city's central streets (such as Princes Street and Moray Place) are named after equivalent streets in Edinburgh. Abbotsford Balmacewen Belleknowes Burnside Calton Hill Corstorphine Dalkeith Dalmore The Glen Glenleith Glenross Grants Braes Helensburgh, New Zealand Kenmure Little Paisley Macandrew Bay Maryhill Musselburgh Port Chalmers Portobello Roseneath, Otago Roslyn Saint Clair Saint Kilda Shiel Hill Waverley Dunstan Range (mountains) Duntroon Eglinton River Ettrick Eyre Mountains Fairlie, New Zealand Forsyth Island, New Zealand Fortrose Gair Loch on Seaforth River Galloway, New Zealand Garvie Mountains Glenavy Glenburn, New Zealand Glencoe, New Zealand Glendhu Bay Glenorchy Glentaki - a hybrid name for the valley of the Waitaki River Glentanner Glentunnel The Grampians (mountains) Inch Clutha (Meaning Clyde Island) Kelso Kinloch Kirkliston Range Kyeburn (=River/stream of the cows) Lake Aviemore Lake Benmore (Beinn Mor) Lake Dunstan Lake Forsyth Lake Innes Lake Roxburgh Lammerlaw Range (mountains) Lammermoor Range (mountains) Lauder, New Zealand Lochmara Bay (Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui) Loch Katrine, near Lake Sumner Loch Maree, on Seaforth River Lochiel, New Zealand Luggate Lumsden Mackenzie Basin (James Mckenzie) Maclennan, New Zealand Maclennan Range (Catlins) Macraes Flat Methven, New Zealand Mosgiel Mossburn Mount Bruce Nevis Bluff Nevis River Ranfurly Renwick, New Zealand Roxburgh Saint Bathans, New Zealand (Abbey St Bathans) Seaforth River, named as in Loch Seaforth Soutra Hill Sutherland Falls (waterfall) Water of Leith (river) Wedderburn, New Zealand
Stewart Island (Rakiura)
Stewart Island Oban, largest settlement in Stewart Island Paterson Inlet Ulva Island The Snares (not a Scottish name) Broughton Island
Auckland Islands Ewing Island Port Ross Campbell Island
See also Scottish New Zealander
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