Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 6, 2018 17:15:42 GMT 12
NEITHER LEVIN NOR TAITOKO OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED AS NAMES FOR THIS TOWN
Levin or Taitoko? Debate surfaced last week over what to call the Horowhenua town.
It turns out, the Government does not officially recognise either name.
For the past 130 years, Levin has been widely regarded as the town's name, but it appears no-one ever got around to assigning it.
According to the New Zealand Geographic Board - the government body for place names - Levin was not the town's official name and neither was Taitoko.
Board secretary Wendy Shaw said there was historical reference to the name Taitoko but more research would be required to confirm it as the original Māori name.
Because Levin was not an official name, other names such as Taitoko could be used, Shaw said.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/horowhenua-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503788&objectid=12065415
Levin or Taitoko? Debate surfaced last week over what to call the Horowhenua town.
It turns out, the Government does not officially recognise either name.
For the past 130 years, Levin has been widely regarded as the town's name, but it appears no-one ever got around to assigning it.
According to the New Zealand Geographic Board - the government body for place names - Levin was not the town's official name and neither was Taitoko.
Board secretary Wendy Shaw said there was historical reference to the name Taitoko but more research would be required to confirm it as the original Māori name.
Because Levin was not an official name, other names such as Taitoko could be used, Shaw said.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/horowhenua-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503788&objectid=12065415