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Homeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too long (i.stuff.co.nz)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz
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I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Get over yourself, we can al do Ngāruawāhia well enough cant we?

I'm 50 this coming birthday, had little Te Reo at small white town NZ schools, lived in the UK for 1/3 of my adult life, and would have little issue with that as my street address

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'd wager a very big chunk of the population would misspell it though.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    with the eye's on it in the media and people like you getting upset over it - I doubt it, unless you/they are deliberately being obtuse

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That is a spectacularly out of touch comment to be honest, not everyone spends hours reading the news and arguing about it with strangers on the Internet, you know.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    oh my god - just give up. Its not that hard a name to spell when we have places like Foveaux Strait, Balmacewen, Corstorphine just to name a few non Te Reo name that are 'hard to spell' or are a 'mouthful'

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