Te Reo names for our parks
The Kaipatiki Local Board is participating in the Te Kete Rukuruku programme by proposing dual naming of our reserves to help celebrate Māori history.
Earlier this month, the Local Board asked mana whenua to provide a Te Reo Māori name and narrative for 26 of our local parks. These will be workshopped next year before any final decisions are made.
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"We are really pleased to be partnering with mana whenua on this project," says Kaipātiki Local Board Chair John Gillon.
“As well as making Te Reo Māori more visible across Kaipātiki, it will allow us to celebrate the stories of the area with both locals and visitors.”
The selected names would be gifted to the local board by mana whenua and added to the existing name.
“Over time these sites would have a dual name – we not proposing changing or taking the away an existing name but adding to it with a name significant to Māori,” says Mr Gillon.
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