2 x Articles 4/12/19 - Hokitika, Taipa Bridge

[Kiwi Frontline]

HO HO HOKITIKA CHRISTMAS SIGN SLAMMED AS 'DISGUSTING MISPRONUNCIATION'

The Ho Ho Hokitika sign goes up on December 1 each year, but local man Caleb Robinson has posted on social media calling it an "insult".

"Every year I complain about the intentional barstardisation of our towns [sic] name."

Robinson told Newshub Hokitika was a name of "very big significance".

"It's a name that's celebrated in carvings and in the stories that we tell in our houses.".....

www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/ho-ho-hokitika-christmas-sign-slammed-as-disgusting-mispronunciation.html

[Kiwi Frontline]

TAIPA BRIDGE OFFERS ROAD TO PAST

Te Rarawa chair Haami Piripi says tauihu or prow and taurapa or stern panels at each end are a reminder of the place of Taipa in Māori history.

“That awa is where the Mamaru waka arrived. We’ve still got the landing spot. We’re still describing the events of the landing, the sighting of a large shark, and the settlement of Parata who was the leader of that waka and his marriage to Kahutianui who was our ancestress in waiting so from them come the Ngāti Kahu iwi,” he says.....

www.waateanews.com/waateanews/x_news/MjMyNDI/Taipa-bridge-offers-road-to-past