Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 29, 2023 4:08:55 GMT 12
MAYOR'S PROPOSAL FOR BILINGUAL NAMING OF INVERCARGILL CIVIC BUILDINGS PART ACCEPTED - STICKING POINTS REMAIN
A culturally charged Invercargill City Council meeting has accepted the bottom line of a proposal from Mayor Nobby Clark, to develop a protocol to advance the bilingual naming of the city’s civic buildings.
But several sticking points in the detail of his proposal drew heated reproach and were bounced back for more research and consultation with rūnaka.
The 30-seat public gallery was filled to overflowing with iwi strongly contesting many aspects of the proposal, including the mayor’s wish to reject “metaphorical’’ names in te reo, which several speakers insisted was a language of metaphor.....
www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/132426527/mayors-proposal-for-bilingual-naming-of-invercargill-civic-buildings-part-accepted--sticking-points-remain
A culturally charged Invercargill City Council meeting has accepted the bottom line of a proposal from Mayor Nobby Clark, to develop a protocol to advance the bilingual naming of the city’s civic buildings.
But several sticking points in the detail of his proposal drew heated reproach and were bounced back for more research and consultation with rūnaka.
The 30-seat public gallery was filled to overflowing with iwi strongly contesting many aspects of the proposal, including the mayor’s wish to reject “metaphorical’’ names in te reo, which several speakers insisted was a language of metaphor.....
www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/132426527/mayors-proposal-for-bilingual-naming-of-invercargill-civic-buildings-part-accepted--sticking-points-remain