Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 15, 2020 3:39:13 GMT 12
NAMING RIGHTS UP FOR GRABS IN HAWKE'S BAY IN RECOGNITION OF PRE-EUROPEAN HISTORY
Some of Hawke's Bay's most prominent place names could face challenges in the next few years and decades as steps are taken to better recognise pre-European history of the region.
The likelihood is signalled in the launch of the Hastings District Council's Heretaunga Ararau Te Reo Māori Action Plan, which mayor Sandra Hazlehurst says "will help us to celebrate te reo Māori, along with the wider community".
"This plan has an ambitious goal for Hastings to be a te reo Māori city by 2040 and its implementation will be guided by a Memorandum of Understanding with Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Incorporated," she said in a prepared statement.......
www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503462&objectid=12364865
THE POWER OF A NAME - INDIGENOUS MEANING OR OLD COUNTRY MEMORIES?
In the near future, Mt Taranaki will again be officially known by its pre-European title, Taranaki Maunga.
It will lose forever the name of Egmont, bestowed on it by Captain James Cook in honour of a British earl who never stepped foot in Aotearoa.
The park, which the maunga dominates, will also lose its connection to English aristocracy. Egmont National Park will soon be officially known as Te Papakura o Taranaki......
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/te-reo-maori/122721244/the-power-of-a-name--indigenous-meaning-or-old-country-memories