Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 4, 2020 2:17:01 GMT 12
ANGLICISED WELLINGTON STREET LOOKS SET TO GO BACK TO TE REO
The Māori chief who sold much of Wellington looks set to be immortalised in street signage.
Technically, Te Wharepouri has always had a Wellington street named after him.
But after a bamboozling series of Anglicisations it became Waripori St in Berhampore......
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/119934353/anglicised-wellington-street-looks-set-to-go-back-to-te-reo
The Māori chief who sold much of Wellington looks set to be immortalised in street signage.
Technically, Te Wharepouri has always had a Wellington street named after him.
But after a bamboozling series of Anglicisations it became Waripori St in Berhampore......
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/119934353/anglicised-wellington-street-looks-set-to-go-back-to-te-reo