Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 28, 2016 18:32:17 GMT 12
ENGLISH NAME OF SOUTH TARANAKI SPORTS LOUNGE IS IRRELEVANT, SAYS COUNCILLOR
A South Taranaki councillor has compared her council naming a sports lounge after an English village to the explorer James Cook giving Taranaki's maunga the name Mt Egmont.
The name has the support of the mayor Ross Dunlop who said it was chosen by a committee. However Bigham said Ngati Ruanui should have been consulted over the name as they were the original owners of the land…..