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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 4, 2019 16:09:08 GMT 12
CALL TO RECONSIDER TAURANGA STREET NAMES CELEBRATING BRITISH MILITARYThere are fresh calls for a public debate around whether to change the names of some of Tauranga's best-known streets. Many roads in the central city and others scattered around the wider city and Western Bay of Plenty are named for British men involved in the land wars and, notably, the Battle of Gate Pā (Pukehinahina), which happened 155 years ago this month. Some were military men - such as General Duncan Cameron (Cameron Rd) who commanded the British troops at the 1864 battle - while others were politicians and missionaries. Tommy Wilson, a long-time campaigner for changing the names, said they were a source of mamae (pain) for some tangata whenua. "General Cameron led a, what some would call, a massacre against Māori. "It is still painful for tangata whenua today."....... www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12218427
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