New name for Milford Track landmark
A handwritten note from the nineteenth century has confirmed the correct spelling of Milford Track's highest point.
Minister for Land Information Damien O'Connor accepted in June the New Zealand Geographic Board's recommendation to officially change the name of Mackinnon Pass to Omanui / McKinnon Pass.
Submissions on the proposed change were called for last year. It was noted that the pass had been named, albeit incorrectly, after explorer Quintin McPherson McKinnon.
Born in Scotland in 1851, McKinnon was one of the first Europeans to discover the Milford Track route in 1888. He became a tourist guide and mail-runner on the track, and died
