Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 10, 2020 2:54:12 GMT 12
WAINUIOMATA STUDENTS CALL FOR COLONIAL STREET NAMES TO BE CHANGED TO TE REO MĀORI
A Lower Hutt street named after a British colonel who was jailed in England for kidnapping a woman could soon be renamed after a Māori leader, if a group of local rangatahi are successful in a campaign to update street names.
Wainuiomata High School students Tajzhay Pouwhare, 18, Chelani Gray-Clarke, 17, Jaden Jacobs, 17, and Robert Clarke, 17, have submitted a petition, signed by more than 500 people, to the Hutt City Council requesting that at least half of the streets in the city have te reo Māori names by 2025....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123630550/wainuiomata-students-call-for-colonial-street-names-to-be-changed-to-te-reo-mori
A Lower Hutt street named after a British colonel who was jailed in England for kidnapping a woman could soon be renamed after a Māori leader, if a group of local rangatahi are successful in a campaign to update street names.
Wainuiomata High School students Tajzhay Pouwhare, 18, Chelani Gray-Clarke, 17, Jaden Jacobs, 17, and Robert Clarke, 17, have submitted a petition, signed by more than 500 people, to the Hutt City Council requesting that at least half of the streets in the city have te reo Māori names by 2025....
www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/123630550/wainuiomata-students-call-for-colonial-street-names-to-be-changed-to-te-reo-mori