The story on not changing the name Petone to Pito One did not make clear what the inhabitants of Petone thought of the potential name change. Were they all asked? When a place has been called something for more than a century, it's natural for its inhabitants to rebel if a name change is imposed by dictatorial others.
The story on not changing the name Petone to Pito One did not make clear what the inhabitants of Petone thought of the potential name change. Were they all asked? When a place has been called something for more than a century, it's natural for its inhabitants to rebel if a name change is imposed by dictatorial others.
Did anyone canvass the populations of the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa on changing 'Rimutaka' to 'Remutaka'. The difference in pronunciation is tiny, really tiny, but the cost in signage must be significant, including for any enterprise that uses the place name.
As for Takaanini: I think this is in an area where Waikato-Tainui use -aa- instead of -ā-, so if the intent was to encourage the 'a' to be voiced twice, it surely would need to be written Taka-anini or Taka Anini (like changing Karangahape to Karanga-a-Hape).
The story on not changing the name Petone to Pito One did not make clear what the inhabitants of Petone thought of the potential name change. Were they all asked? When a place has been called something for more than a century, it's natural for its inhabitants to rebel if a name change is imposed by dictatorial others.
Did anyone canvass the populations of the Hutt Valley and Wairarapa on changing 'Rimutaka' to 'Remutaka'. The difference in pronunciation is tiny, really tiny, but the cost in signage must be significant, including for any enterprise that uses the place name.
As for Takaanini: I think this is in an area where Waikato-Tainui use -aa- instead of -ā-, so if the intent was to encourage the 'a' to be voiced twice, it surely would need to be written Taka-anini or Taka Anini (like changing Karangahape to Karanga-a-Hape).