Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 26, 2023 3:29:39 GMT 12
KĀPITI COAST DISTRICT COUNCILLOR WANTS TO ROLL BACK OLD SH1 ‘CONFUSING’ MĀORI NAMES
Progress on the contentious plans to rename an 18km stretch of former State Highway 1 on the Kāpiti Coast could be wound back, as local councillors suggested rethinking their proposed Māori names.
The names, suggested by the district’s three iwi and a historian to reflect local cultural and social history, had attracted public backlash, with submissions in 2017 saying they were “unpronounceable” or “political correctness gone haywire”.
“What I'm seeing here is a set of very confusing names,” said districtwide councillor Liz Koh at a public briefing on Tuesday. “I know people are going to say, ‘how do I spell that? How do I pronounce that?’”
The proposed road names - Matene Te Whiwhi, Katu, Unaiki, Kakakura, Rauoterangi, Hokowhitu and Hurumutu - were impractical, Koh said. She questioned the need to divide the road into sections......
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350097131/kapiti-coast-district-councillor-wants-roll-back-old-sh1-confusing-maori-names
Progress on the contentious plans to rename an 18km stretch of former State Highway 1 on the Kāpiti Coast could be wound back, as local councillors suggested rethinking their proposed Māori names.
The names, suggested by the district’s three iwi and a historian to reflect local cultural and social history, had attracted public backlash, with submissions in 2017 saying they were “unpronounceable” or “political correctness gone haywire”.
“What I'm seeing here is a set of very confusing names,” said districtwide councillor Liz Koh at a public briefing on Tuesday. “I know people are going to say, ‘how do I spell that? How do I pronounce that?’”
The proposed road names - Matene Te Whiwhi, Katu, Unaiki, Kakakura, Rauoterangi, Hokowhitu and Hurumutu - were impractical, Koh said. She questioned the need to divide the road into sections......
www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350097131/kapiti-coast-district-councillor-wants-roll-back-old-sh1-confusing-maori-names