Sunday May 24, 2026
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Final say on place-naming decisions should be up to local councils, Far North Mayor says
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania is calling for local councils to have the final say in place-naming decisions - instead of the current system that gives veto power to a government minister.
Tepania told a Far North District Council meeting this week that his proposal was sparked by what he described as a series of "bizarre" place name decisions by successive ministers.
They included Minister Chris Penk's decision to go against New Zealand Geographic Board advice by declining to change the name of Russell to Kororāreka, or give both names equal standing.
That was "incredibly disheartening" for residents of the Bay of Islands town who had worked hard to have the original name restored, Tepania said.....
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'Stolen land' sought to be returned as a model for New Plymouth
The committee has declared support for the return of the Mangati E block, asking staff to report how to make that happen — including by creating a working party with Puketapu.
Council staff say the potential return of Mangati E will be a model for dealing with other Māori land controlled by New Plymouth District Council.
Mangati E was taken under the Public Works Act in 1968 for a sewerage works for the Bell Block suburb, but that use ended when the district built a new wastewater plant in the mid-80s.
The 33-hectare block — now part of Hickford Park — is mostly pasture and coastal vegetation, with two disused oxidation ponds acting as artificial wetlands.
Since 2010, Puketapu hapū has repeatedly asked New Plymouth District Council to return the land.....
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Hone Harawira rules out a tilt at return to Parliament
Harawira, who held the Te Tai Tokerau seat from 2005 to 2014, earlier told 1News he wasn't rule out standing as Te Pāti Māori's candidate but said it would only be at his wife's blessing.
Sitting MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi announced earlier this month she was splitting from Te Pāti Māori to form her own Te Tai Tokerau Party, after months of conflict with the party that included an expulsion the High Court ruled unlawful.
They included Minister Chris Penk's decision to go against New Zealand Geographic Board advice by declining to change the name of Russell to Kororāreka, or give both names equal standing.
That was "incredibly disheartening" for residents of the Bay of Islands town who had worked hard to have the original name restored, Tepania said.....
See full article HERE
'Stolen land' sought to be returned as a model for New Plymouth
The committee has declared support for the return of the Mangati E block, asking staff to report how to make that happen — including by creating a working party with Puketapu.
Council staff say the potential return of Mangati E will be a model for dealing with other Māori land controlled by New Plymouth District Council.
Mangati E was taken under the Public Works Act in 1968 for a sewerage works for the Bell Block suburb, but that use ended when the district built a new wastewater plant in the mid-80s.
The 33-hectare block — now part of Hickford Park — is mostly pasture and coastal vegetation, with two disused oxidation ponds acting as artificial wetlands.
Since 2010, Puketapu hapū has repeatedly asked New Plymouth District Council to return the land.....
See full article HERE
Hone Harawira rules out a tilt at return to Parliament
Harawira, who held the Te Tai Tokerau seat from 2005 to 2014, earlier told 1News he wasn't rule out standing as Te Pāti Māori's candidate but said it would only be at his wife's blessing.
Sitting MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi announced earlier this month she was splitting from Te Pāti Māori to form her own Te Tai Tokerau Party, after months of conflict with the party that included an expulsion the High Court ruled unlawful.
On Saturday night, Harawira issued a statement, ruling out standing as a candidate and instead endorsing Aperahama Edwards.....
See full article HERE
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2 comments:
With Council committees stacked with unelected maori, plus the huge power of cancellation, it will be a disaster to entrust names entirely to maori. Already a major basis for tweaking pakeha for gain of mana Brownie points. I was a supporter of long established Kororareka despite the spelling problem but after reading about the hell hole it was, with prostitution a/the major industry, I have come to see innocuous Russel as by far the preferred name. Any self respecting maori should want to dissociate from Kororareka.
Where land is returned to maori, as they desire in New plymouth, is present day equivalnt of the original compensation extracted? Is account taken of the holding rates avoided over the period? Will the land acquire rates free maori land status? Will it be subject to zoning changes or acquire hallowed status?
Regarding place naming decisions, Moko Te Nit-wit does not speak for me, Davina Smolders does! We are sick to death of the Maori renaming nonsense, it is completely out of control, woke virtue signalling on steroids.
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