Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 9, 2023 3:04:17 GMT 12
CLIVE RIVER NO MORE: HAPŪ WINS FIGHT FOR TRADITIONAL MĀORI NAME TO BE RESTORED TO AWA
After a previous submission to the New Zealand Geographic Board was declined, Paipper and other members of Operation Pātiki ki Kohupātiki Marae submitted again, this time offering Te Awa o Mokotūāraro, a shorter version of Ngaruroro Moko-tū-ā-raro ki Rangatira, the original Māori name for the river.
On Wednesday the New Zealand Geographic Board, Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa officially declared ‘Te Awa o Mokotūāraro’ as the rightful name of the river formerly known as Clive, in Hastings.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/clive-river-no-more-hapu-wins-fight-for-traditional-maori-name-to-be-restored-to-awa/657BLVCRHJES7IJR4LMA673ZCU/
After a previous submission to the New Zealand Geographic Board was declined, Paipper and other members of Operation Pātiki ki Kohupātiki Marae submitted again, this time offering Te Awa o Mokotūāraro, a shorter version of Ngaruroro Moko-tū-ā-raro ki Rangatira, the original Māori name for the river.
On Wednesday the New Zealand Geographic Board, Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa officially declared ‘Te Awa o Mokotūāraro’ as the rightful name of the river formerly known as Clive, in Hastings.....
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/clive-river-no-more-hapu-wins-fight-for-traditional-maori-name-to-be-restored-to-awa/657BLVCRHJES7IJR4LMA673ZCU/