Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 9, 2019 16:18:09 GMT 12
KĀPITI'S WELCOME SIGNS DEFACED IN APPARENT ACT OF DEFIANCE AGAINST MĀORI LANGUAGE
Someone appears to have taken offence to – and then literally taken – the macron on Kāpiti's welcome sign, again.
The tiny line that formed part of the district's welcome signs on State Highway 1 at Paekākāriki and Ōtaki was painted out over the Christmas period.
Macrons are the horizontal lines above some vowels that are used to indicate a longer vowel sound.
The latest attack was the third time in six months the signs have been defaced, a Kāpiti Coast District Council spokeswoman said......
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/109792715/kpitis-welcome-signs-defaced-in-apparent-act-of-defiance-against-mori-language
Someone appears to have taken offence to – and then literally taken – the macron on Kāpiti's welcome sign, again.
The tiny line that formed part of the district's welcome signs on State Highway 1 at Paekākāriki and Ōtaki was painted out over the Christmas period.
Macrons are the horizontal lines above some vowels that are used to indicate a longer vowel sound.
The latest attack was the third time in six months the signs have been defaced, a Kāpiti Coast District Council spokeswoman said......
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/109792715/kpitis-welcome-signs-defaced-in-apparent-act-of-defiance-against-mori-language