found: New Zealand gazetteer, via WWW, viewed on July 18, 2024:search for place names (Collingwood; location: 40.678S 172.684E; history/origin/meaning: Tasman, 29 km from Takaka. After Admiral Collingwood, who was second-in-command under Lord Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar. The township was first named Gibbstown after the pioneer settler William Gibbs. Collingwood town was laid out nearby by order of the provincial government, but was not taken up, and eventually the name Collingwood was transferred to Gibbstown. Maori name: Te Parapara, lit. te: the; parapara: remains or scraps; land district: Nelson)