Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 9, 2019 9:13:19 GMT 12
KING COUNTRY TOWN DIVIDED OVER PROPOSAL TO CHANGE ITS NAME TO A MĀORI ONE
North of its bigger country cousin, Taumarunui, and just south of Te Kuiti, is Benneydale - population 170.
It's in line for a name change because of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement, but locals, used to its name, are worried.
The town was named after two officials at the nearby coal mine seventy years ago, Charlie Benney and Tom Dale......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/king-country-town-divided-over-proposal-change-its-name-m-ori-one
North of its bigger country cousin, Taumarunui, and just south of Te Kuiti, is Benneydale - population 170.
It's in line for a name change because of a Treaty of Waitangi settlement, but locals, used to its name, are worried.
The town was named after two officials at the nearby coal mine seventy years ago, Charlie Benney and Tom Dale......
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/king-country-town-divided-over-proposal-change-its-name-m-ori-one