North Island of New Zealand Cemeteries - bizarre relocations

JulianBrown38

In the last few weeks, I have noticed that FamilySearch has been changing the standard locations of some cemeteries in the North Island of New Zealand. They have been moved from their actual placements to a fantasy location of New Ulster. So far, I've sent feedback on three such changes without any response from FamilySearch: Hillsborough, Waikumete and Kaurihohore. I think the anyone who doesn't have a considerable knowledge of New Zealand's early colonial history would be bewildered by this. I have just done a search in the place names database and found some 24 cemeteries like this. Has anyone noticed other changes like this?

This is the feedback that I sent for one of the cemeteries: "The location "New Ulster" is inappropriate. It existed only from 1841 to 1853 and represented the whole of the upper half of the North Island of New Zealand. The cemetery is in the suburb of Hillsborough, Auckland, New Zealand (q.v.)."

JulianBrown38

The entry for Hillsborough Cemetery has been updated. Thank you.

Here is a screenshot of the map that is displayed following a Place Names search for the places that are still within the short-lived New Ulster province. It's for the first page of two. As you can see, they are widely scattered over the North Island of New Zealand.

And here is a list of all the cemeteries that are still recorded as being in New Ulster. (I also note that there are two entries, "Saint Andrew's Churchyard" and "Saint Andrews Church Cemetery"; they are for the same place and have almost identical latitudes and longitudes within about a metre of each other.)

All Saints Cemetery	New Ulster	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Boyds Hill Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Grant Family Makirikiri Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	H.M.S. Hazard Memorial	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Kāeo Public Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Kaurihohore Cemetery (Improve this place feedback sent)	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Mahurangi Heads Presbyterian Church Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Okaroro Urupā	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Opape Urupā	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Pakeretu Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Putiki Urupā	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Saint Andrew's Churchyard	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Saint Andrews Church Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Saint Michael's Anglican Church Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Shepherd Family Burial Plot	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Spencer Mausoleum	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	St. John's College Graveyard	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	St. Saviour's Anglican Churchyard	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	St Peter's Anglican Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	St Stephen's Churchyard	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	St Thomas Churchyard	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Symonds Street Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium (Improve this place feedback sent)	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery	Waituna West Cemetery	New Ulster	New Ulster	New Zealand	New Zealand
All Saints Cemetery		New Ulster		New Zealand

JulianBrown38

Here is another map of the standard locations of cemeteries within another faux province of New Zealand. This time, it is for the province of New Munster. Like the province of New Ulster, New Munster existed for only a few years, i.e. from 1841 to 1853. It covered the entire South Island of New Zealand. Its use as a standard is inappropriate and unhelpful.

Here is a list of the cemeteries currently included in this "province":

Akaroa Cemetery	New Munster	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Columba Prestryterian Church (mis-spelled)	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Fairfield cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Hallowell Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Haven Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Kakapo Bay Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Northern Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Queenstown Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Robin Hood Bay Urupā	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	St. John's Anglican Cemetery (These two cemeteries are completely different…	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	St John's Anglican Cemetery …places, separated by hundreds of kilometres.)	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Tapapakereru	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Tuamarina Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Waimate Old Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Wakapuaka Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Whalers Grave	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Whangatoetoe Bay	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand
Akaroa Cemetery	Woolston Cemetery	New Munster	New Munster	New Zealand	New Zealand

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@JulianBrown38

Good morning. I sent this on to the Team studying "Place Name" issues and hopefully an answer can be received quickly. This issue has been noted on many other posts throughout FamilySearch. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.