Parks and council buildings across Auckland will be rebranded with Maori and English names to tell a picture of Tamaki Makaurau’s colonised past and its vibrant future.
Fourteen local boards are supporting the 2020 Te Kete Rukuruku initiative, which will showcase the Maori history and stories of Tamaki Makaurau. One aspect is to add names significant to Maori, to local parks and community places, including libraries and community centres.
In South Auckland, 19 parks and the Papatoetoe War Memorial Library and Papatoetoe Town Hall will eventually have dual names and signage.
Otara-Papatoetoe chair Apulu Reece Autagavaia says his board has worked with Ngati Te Ata Waiohua, Ngati Tamaoho and Te Akitai Waiohua and it was about doing the right thing and not a major cost.
“The feedback we have had so far has been positive,” Autagavaia said.
NZ Herald
Positive feedback? Really? No one voted for this bullsh*t and we are sick of it.
I would have thought the council should have been focused on fixing the water system, especially after flooding a year ago, fixing the region’s roads by filling in potholes and removing stupid elevated pedestrian crossings and generally looking for ways to reduce rates.
But Noooo…renaming parks and buildings is far more important.
When Wayne Brown gets booted from office and he asks why, we will be able to point to this.
Cam Slater is a New Zealand-based blogger, best known for his role in Dirty Politics and publishing the Whale Oil Beef Hooked blog, which operated from 2005 until it closed in 2019. Cam blogs regularly on the BFD - where this article was sourced.
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To tell the story of the colonised past - does that mean more settler bashing?
More propaganda about the gentle brown eco friendly peace loving folk who were raped and eaten and
brutalised by these warlike, killer white folk who invaded in droves, chased the gentle brown people off their land, destroyed environments and culture and brought death and slavery?
Have I got this right?
If anyone needs anymore proof that our elected officials are working against us all, then this piece of nonsensical lunacy takes away any doubt.
Not only is it completely unnecessary, but highly insulting to all AUCKLANDERS.
One of the major issues we have about all this BS around things 'Maori' is that us poor white folks are too busy working and getting things done to give it the attention it should have.
Contributing to that of course is the impartiality and honest reporting of the MSM.
It's a sad indictment that one must search for and read blogs where honesty and research gives an unbiased view of current affairs and stuff happening behind closed doors.
I wonder sometimes if some MSM have thought Herr Goebbels had the right idea with BS.
How are we supposed to provide feedback on this proposal?
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