Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 8, 2022 4:01:48 GMT 12
WHĀNAU ENDORSE ANCESTRAL NAME IN SHOWDOWN WITH GEOGRAPHIC BOARD
In a hui at Kohupātiki Marae last night, whānau unanimously endorsed the name Moko Tūāraro as the revised option for their application to the New Zealand Geographic Board.
“We have to move forward, or stay with ‘Clive’. And that is not an option. We don’t lose any of our oral history or our whakapapa. We will never stop singing our waiata. This is not the end, this is the beginning.”
Dr Kerekere concludes, “Whānau, hapū and iwi are in varying stages of reinstating the original names of their awa, whenua, maunga and moana. It is demeaning for them to follow all the rules and still be declined. We need to change the rules.”.....
www.miragenews.com/whanau-endorse-ancestral-name-in-showdown-with-869998/
In a hui at Kohupātiki Marae last night, whānau unanimously endorsed the name Moko Tūāraro as the revised option for their application to the New Zealand Geographic Board.
“We have to move forward, or stay with ‘Clive’. And that is not an option. We don’t lose any of our oral history or our whakapapa. We will never stop singing our waiata. This is not the end, this is the beginning.”
Dr Kerekere concludes, “Whānau, hapū and iwi are in varying stages of reinstating the original names of their awa, whenua, maunga and moana. It is demeaning for them to follow all the rules and still be declined. We need to change the rules.”.....
www.miragenews.com/whanau-endorse-ancestral-name-in-showdown-with-869998/