Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 11, 2017 17:18:23 GMT 12
TAURANGA IS NEW ZEALAND'S MOST MISPRONOUNCED PLACE NAME
Tauranga has been identified as New Zealand's most mispronounced place name on Google Maps.
Since the website launched on Friday, more than 18,600 pins have highlighted the incorrectly pronounced place names - and Tauranga has the two most common.
According to the website, Tauranga is the number one place in the country that Kiwis say is mispronounced on Google Maps. The second is Totara St at Mount Maunganui.
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) chief executive Ngahiwi Apanui their vision was to have te reo Māori resonate throughout the entire country.
"We want to see and hear te reo Māori everywhere - on the streets, in shops, in schools, on radio, on TV and online," Mr Apanui said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11920974
Tauranga has been identified as New Zealand's most mispronounced place name on Google Maps.
Since the website launched on Friday, more than 18,600 pins have highlighted the incorrectly pronounced place names - and Tauranga has the two most common.
According to the website, Tauranga is the number one place in the country that Kiwis say is mispronounced on Google Maps. The second is Totara St at Mount Maunganui.
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (Māori Language Commission) chief executive Ngahiwi Apanui their vision was to have te reo Māori resonate throughout the entire country.
"We want to see and hear te reo Māori everywhere - on the streets, in shops, in schools, on radio, on TV and online," Mr Apanui said......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11920974