Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 4, 2024 4:03:00 GMT 12
IWI BID TO RENAME NATIONAL PARK VILLAGE SPLITS COMMUNITY
A close-knit community in the central North Island is divided over an iwi bid to change its name.
The iwi collective Te Korowai o Wainuiārua wants National Park Village and National Park Railway Station renamed Waimarino, the original name of the station and - according to iwi researchers - the village.
But the 180 or so permanent residents are divided, some saying there was no evidence that Waimarino was the original name of the village.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508288/iwi-bid-to-rename-national-park-village-splits-community
A close-knit community in the central North Island is divided over an iwi bid to change its name.
The iwi collective Te Korowai o Wainuiārua wants National Park Village and National Park Railway Station renamed Waimarino, the original name of the station and - according to iwi researchers - the village.
But the 180 or so permanent residents are divided, some saying there was no evidence that Waimarino was the original name of the village.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508288/iwi-bid-to-rename-national-park-village-splits-community