Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 3, 2018 17:21:35 GMT 12
PROPOSED NAME CHANGE FOR PART OF THE NORTH ISLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY
A promise made in 1885 could lead to a name change for a section of the North Island Main Trunk railway line.
The New Zealand Geographic Board is seeking public submissions on a proposal to change the name of a 112 kilometre section of track, between Taumarunui and Te Awamutu, to Te Ara-o-Tūrongo.
An application to change the name was made by the Office of Treaty Settlements on behalf of Ngāti Maniapoto.
The proposed name translates to 'the track of Tūrongo' or 'Tūrongo's pathway'. Tūrongo was a tūpuna of many Tainui iwi including Waikato-Waitomo based Ngāti Maniapoto.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/105946398/proposed-name-change-for-part-of-the-north-island-main-trunk-railway
A promise made in 1885 could lead to a name change for a section of the North Island Main Trunk railway line.
The New Zealand Geographic Board is seeking public submissions on a proposal to change the name of a 112 kilometre section of track, between Taumarunui and Te Awamutu, to Te Ara-o-Tūrongo.
An application to change the name was made by the Office of Treaty Settlements on behalf of Ngāti Maniapoto.
The proposed name translates to 'the track of Tūrongo' or 'Tūrongo's pathway'. Tūrongo was a tūpuna of many Tainui iwi including Waikato-Waitomo based Ngāti Maniapoto.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/105946398/proposed-name-change-for-part-of-the-north-island-main-trunk-railway