Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 12, 2020 2:30:14 GMT 12
SIGN OF THE TIMES: COUNCIL STOPS NAMING STREETS AFTER THE LIVING
At a recent Howick Local Board meeting new names for new streets were being discussed.
Principal 3.4 refers to naming roads after living people, and contains the text “the names of people still living should be avoided” and goes on to add “as community attitudes and opinions can change over time.”
The use of Maori street names is “actively encouraged” to “support a Maori identity that is Auckland’s point of difference in the world” according to principal 4.1......
www.times.co.nz/news/sign-of-the-times-council-stops-naming-streets-after-the-living/
At a recent Howick Local Board meeting new names for new streets were being discussed.
Principal 3.4 refers to naming roads after living people, and contains the text “the names of people still living should be avoided” and goes on to add “as community attitudes and opinions can change over time.”
The use of Maori street names is “actively encouraged” to “support a Maori identity that is Auckland’s point of difference in the world” according to principal 4.1......
www.times.co.nz/news/sign-of-the-times-council-stops-naming-streets-after-the-living/