Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 4, 2020 2:09:15 GMT 12
NEW NAME APPROVED FOR LUND ROAD RESERVE
The Waitekohekohe Reserve (previously named Lund Road Reserve) is a mixture of native bush and pine forest located between Lund Road and Thompsons Track and includes the Waitekohe Stream.
Council has worked with the Katikati Recreational Park Develop Group and local iwi Ngai Tamawhariua to come up with the concept plan and a name that acknowledges the cultural history of the area.
Waitekohekohe is the name gifted by Ngai Tamawhariua in reference to the ancestral name for the area and its relationship to spiritual waters, a sense of yearning and climbing trees and vines........
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/257362-new-name-approved-lund-road-reserve.html
COUNCIL CONSIDERS CHANGING MAXWELL TOWNSHIP'S NAME BACK TO PĀKARAKA
The road signs identifying the - blink and you miss it - township of Maxwell on the outskirts of Whanganui have already mysteriously disappeared and it's possible they'll never be needed again.
The council has joined forces with Ngā Rauru and its hapū Ngāti Maika to have the name - which has links to a bloody incident during the New Zealand Wars - changed back to Pākaraka......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/432009/council-considers-changing-maxwell-township-s-name-back-to-pakaraka
The Waitekohekohe Reserve (previously named Lund Road Reserve) is a mixture of native bush and pine forest located between Lund Road and Thompsons Track and includes the Waitekohe Stream.
Council has worked with the Katikati Recreational Park Develop Group and local iwi Ngai Tamawhariua to come up with the concept plan and a name that acknowledges the cultural history of the area.
Waitekohekohe is the name gifted by Ngai Tamawhariua in reference to the ancestral name for the area and its relationship to spiritual waters, a sense of yearning and climbing trees and vines........
www.sunlive.co.nz/news/257362-new-name-approved-lund-road-reserve.html
COUNCIL CONSIDERS CHANGING MAXWELL TOWNSHIP'S NAME BACK TO PĀKARAKA
The road signs identifying the - blink and you miss it - township of Maxwell on the outskirts of Whanganui have already mysteriously disappeared and it's possible they'll never be needed again.
The council has joined forces with Ngā Rauru and its hapū Ngāti Maika to have the name - which has links to a bloody incident during the New Zealand Wars - changed back to Pākaraka......
www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/432009/council-considers-changing-maxwell-township-s-name-back-to-pakaraka