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{
  //
  // You can list any NZGB IDs in this file which should be
  // ignored or overriden. The weekly conflation process
  // reads this file automatically. For more info, see:
  // https://osm.wiki/Import/New_Zealand_Place_Names
  //
  "allowInconsistentDiacritics": {
    "2373": "",
    "3199": "",
    "3202": "",
    "3204": "",
    "4115": "",
    "4234": "",
    "4285": "",
    "4682": "",
    "5695": "",
    "5721": "",
    "8219": "",
    "10198": "",
    "13870": "",
    "13871": "",
    "13953": "",
    "14051": "",
    "15809": "",
    "21213": "",
    "48162": "",
    "48163": "",
    "61889": "",
    "4222": "",
    "10181": "",
    "54798": "",
    "54952": "",
    "8028": "", // Hākarimata Scenic Reserve
    "9193": "", // Pōkākā Scenic Reserve
    "4312": "", // Ōtira Gorge
    "61008;28758": "", // Māori Lakes / Ōtūwharekai

    // pā – historic reserve
    "7621": "",
    "7966": "",
    "8172": "",
    "8259": "",
    "8319": "",
    "8688": "",
    "8823": "",
    "8839": "",
    "8946": "",
    "9106": "",
    "9240": "",
    "9247": "",
    "9310": "",
    "9311": "",
    "9544": "",
    "9813": "",
    "55448": "",

    // DOC and LINZ conflict
    "9044": "",
    "9771": "",
    "10222": "",
    "9070": "",
    "9225": "",
    "8973": "",
    "9192": "",
    "9751": "",
    "9593": "",
    "8325": "",
    "9991": "",
    "8915": "",
    "61822": "",
    "8629": "",
    "8939": "",
    "10204": "",
    "8060": "",
    "8093": "",
  },
  "overrides": {
    "22059": "Oban",
    "7006;6879": "Whanganui",
    "47427": "Whanganui East",
    "15198": "Ahukawakawa",
    "59543": "Simla Crescent", // misspelling in NZGB dataset
    "192": "Arthur's Pass", // everyone uses the plural variant except the NZGB
    "5727": "Takaanini",
    "3194": "Manukau", // remove " City Centre" suffix
    "24112": { "qId": "Q6347824" }, // `valley` and `suburb` wikidata items are messed up
    "54886": "Waitomokia",
    "4903": "Queenstown Airport",
    "10235": "Westland Tai Poutini National Park",
    "21213": "Gate Pa",
    "4322": "Mita Bay", // local knowledge
    "16558": "Oneroa Beach", // local knowledge
    "59478": "Mount Atkinson", // local knowledge
    "10031": "Whitireia Park", // local knowledge
    "22552": "Teal Bay", // local knowledge
    "4515": "Mount Pātuki", // local knowledge
    "2734": "Lake Te Koo Utu", // local knowledge?
    "58335": "Ōketeupoko / The Basket of Heads", // local knowledge
    "60037;54559;54558": "Māngere Mountain", // local knowledge
    "4132": "Ōhinemutu", // local knowledge
    "29072": "Mātaikōtare (Waiōhewa) Marae", // local knowledge
    "55130": "Waitākiri/Bottle Lake Forest Park", // local knowledge
    "32037": "Muriwai", // local knowledge
    "60370;57128": "South Pacific Ocean",
    "5318": "Scylla", // place ID refers to 2 nodes
    "37953": "Rangiriri Paa", // double vowel instead of macron
    "8894": "Ōamaru Recreation Reserve", // local knowledge
    "26144": "Lake Te Whariki Toetoe", // local knowledge
    "61647": "Auckland Isthmus", // match wikipedia
    "59573": "Waimarino National Park", // disputed name, match OSM consensus

    "9482": "Tū-ngā-waka / Saint Johns Redoubt Historic Reserve", // add dual name
    "7989": "Awaroa / Godley Head Farm Park Reserve", // add dual name
    "19239": "Te Marotiri ō Takamiro / Cutter Rock", // add dual name
    "61699": "Wai Manawa / Le Roys Bush", // add dual name
    "7720": "Motukorea / Browns Island Regional Park", // add dual name

    "8190": "Kaipupu Sanctuary", // privately operated DOC land

    // names that are unwieldy or strangely formulated in the NZGB (e.g. "XXX Island Group")
    "13591": "Antipodes Islands",
    "21784": "Aotea / Great Barrier Island",
    "3830": "Mount Taranaki", // offical name contains "or"
    "59061;58996": "Motuhara / Motchu Hara / Forty-Fours",
    "24673": "Karewakirunga Pā / Muriwai's Pā",
    "9053": "Ōtukaikino Wildlife Management Reserve",

    // allow english names
    "58330": "Matuku-takotako / Sumner Beach",
    "54552": "Matukutūruru / Wiri Mountain",
    "54533": "Maungaūika / North Head",
    "3602": "Motungarara Island (Cliff Rock)",
    "4393": "Pakihi Island (Sandspit Island)",
    "1978;5993": "Herekōpare Island / Te Marama",
    "4147": "Okahu Island (Red Head Island)",

    // some people don't want te reo names for these features...
    "61439;16283": "Bay of Plenty", // https://osm.org/changeset/113581428
    "57083;16281": "Bay of Islands",
    "61329;26230": "Lake Taupō",
    "61367;38866": "Rotoroa Island",
    "61352;21787": "Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu)",
    "54555;54554;30562": "Motutapu Island",
    "60090;44154": "Tiritiri Matangi Island",
    "54540": "Motuihe Island",
    "58089;36494": "Ponui Island",
    "58202;40102": "Slipper Island (Whakahau)",
    "61369;48771": "Wiroa Island",
    "61739;25664": "Kumara",
    "61070;25982": "Lake Manapouri", // https://osm.org/changeset/148799371
    "57795;26292": "Lake Wakatipu", // https://osm.org/changeset/148799371
    "58832;39744": "Shallow Bay", // https://osm.org/changeset/148799371
    "61074;26232": "Lake Te Anau", // https://osm.org/changeset/148799371

    // the country itself and the mainland islands have the
    // english name first, not sure why these 2 are inconsistent...
    "54454;54453": "North Island / Te Ika-a-Māui",
    "54452;54451": "South Island / Te Waipounamu",

    "56588": "", // Southern Ocean gets no name tag apparently
    "12549": "難以形容島", // this part of the ross dependency now belongs to china
  },
  "ignore": {
    "13381": "", // natural=spit + name=Spit (in Antarctica)
    "1995": "", // "High Peak" duplicates aoraki/mount cook

    "59553": "", // Redwood station mapped as two separate stations
    "57195": "", // forest mapped as two separate relations (north & south)

    "3059": "", // Mana Island, many duplicate here, confuse me
    "47008": "", // the Waitākere Ranges are not really a moutain range

    "3193": "", // City = Manukau City

    "61543": "", // destroyed by the tarawera eruption 1886
    "3294": "", // does not exist...

    "61203": "", // "Western part of Tararua Range"
    "9985": "",  // Whangamarino wetland duplicate
    "4671": "", // Pohue Survey District is misclassified

    // these areas are bigger than australia...
    "10351": "", // East Antarctic Ice Sheet
    "10709": "", // West Antarctic Ice Sheet
    "12707": "", // McMurdo Ice Shelf
    "13287": "", // Ross Archipelago
    "40632": "", // Southwest Pacific Basin
    "40662": "", // Tasman Basin
    "14275": "", // Tasman Basin
    "40232": "", // Hikurangi Plateau
    "60065": "", // Heretaunga Flat
    "14195": "", // West Norfolk Ridge (TODO: add this one)
    "9217": "", // Prospect, Woodhaugh, Botanical Gardens (weird merged park area)

    // boundary relation
    "54478": "", // Westland Land District
    "54480": "", // Otago Land District
    "4071": "", // Northland

    // within Forest Park
    "10144": "", // Penn Creek Ecological Area
    "10117": "", // Manakau Ecological Area
    "10190": "", // Whenuakura Ecological Area
    "10179": "", // Waihāhā Ecological Area
    "10118": "", // Maramataha Ecological Area
    "10139": "", // Otahu Ecological Area
    "10105": "", // Kapowai Ecological Area
    "10142": "", // Papakai Ecological Area
    "10123": "", // Moehau Ecological Area
    "10185": "", // Wairaki Forest Sanctuary
    "10138": "", // Oroko Swamp Ecological Are (within national park)
    "10061": "", // Aramoana Ecological Area (dupe of conservation area)
    "10182": "", // Waiomu Ecological Area
    "61848": "", // Oriuwaka Ecological Area
    "9282": "", // Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve 3 duplicates 
    "7983": "", // Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve 3 duplicates
    "7683": "", // Glenorchy Road Recreation Reserve 3 duplicates

    // Port Hills protected_areas which have been handed over to chch city
    "7775": "", 
    "7820": "", 
    "8101": "", 
    "8160": "", 
    "8276": "", 
    "8816": "", 
    "9676": "", 
    "9679": "", 
    "10044": "",
  },
}

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