Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 4, 2020 2:41:36 GMT 12
CALL FOR HUNTLY, SUPPOSEDLY NAMED AFTER A POSTMASTER'S RUBBER STAMP, TO CHANGE ITS NAME
Dave and Fransiska Falconer, and their daughter Siska, have started an application to the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) to have the name changed.
Huntly’s name was changed from Rāhui Pōkeka, after the first postmaster James Henry arrived in town, information from Waikato’s Coalfield Museum shows......