Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 8, 2020 5:07:49 GMT 12
TĀKINA IS PROPOSED NEW NAME FOR CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE
Next week Wellington City Councillors will be asked to approve ‘Tākina’ as the name for the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre currently under construction.
The Council’s Māori Partnerships portfolio leader Councillor Jill Day says the name Tākina was developed in close collaboration with iwi partners representing Taranaki Whānui,
Taranaki Whānui and Kura Moeahu have gifted a karakia to the Council for the building, which will be presented with the name Tākina at the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee on Tuesday 11 August.
Councillor Day says the Council “feels very privileged to have been gifted this beautiful taonga”.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2008/S00166/takina-is-proposed-new-name-for-convention-and-exhibition-centre.htm
Next week Wellington City Councillors will be asked to approve ‘Tākina’ as the name for the Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre currently under construction.
The Council’s Māori Partnerships portfolio leader Councillor Jill Day says the name Tākina was developed in close collaboration with iwi partners representing Taranaki Whānui,
Taranaki Whānui and Kura Moeahu have gifted a karakia to the Council for the building, which will be presented with the name Tākina at the Council’s Strategy and Policy Committee on Tuesday 11 August.
Councillor Day says the Council “feels very privileged to have been gifted this beautiful taonga”.......
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2008/S00166/takina-is-proposed-new-name-for-convention-and-exhibition-centre.htm