Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui / Wellington

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Hello! I am new here, and likely so are you.

It's great to see local communities online - and a great time to shape how we'd like to go on.

I'd love to hear people's thoughts on a display name change from Wellington to The Whanaganui-a-Tara.

This would not change the URL, or stop people finding us by searching Wellington.

Tell us what you think... Go!

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[–] Ilovethebomb 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The place is formally known as Wellington, and referred to as such by most of it's residents, I only know one person in real life that actually uses Te Whanganui a Tara.

The Wellington branch should just be called Wellington, or Wellington (Te Whanganui a Tara), not everything needs to be in Te Reo.

[–] batwingnz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes that is the status quo of today, however I hope it becomes a more even split as time goes on.

Putting it in front may seem a bit on the nose, but to me it's respectful and helps push the balance towards normalising bilingualism in our country.

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 1 year ago

That is far too much of a mouthful to be in front, to be honest.

Also, I don't think we'll reach even 50% fluency in Maori in our lifetimes, it's not a skill that has much practical use, especially if you aren't Maori.

[–] sylverstream 1 points 1 year ago

Totally agreed. I've got nothing against Te Reo, I love to learn more, but right now it's just unclear.