They have done something similar in Porirua as well:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/new...pp-android
I wonder when the name change for Whitby will come through?
Got James Cook Drive in Tauranga- they are already looking at changing the name of Greerton.
The biggest issue I have with the changing of names is like the idea of tearing down statues for historic reasons. Samuel Clements said it right when he said "Judge a man by his time, not yours". You can turn modern eye to almost any historic figure and decry that they are "bad". In Porirua they have a swimming pool and sports complex called Te Rauparaha Arena - should this be removed knowing the Te Rauparaha was by all historic accounts someone who butchered, subjugated and enslaved other tribes?
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/new...pp-android
I wonder when the name change for Whitby will come through?
Got James Cook Drive in Tauranga- they are already looking at changing the name of Greerton.
The biggest issue I have with the changing of names is like the idea of tearing down statues for historic reasons. Samuel Clements said it right when he said "Judge a man by his time, not yours". You can turn modern eye to almost any historic figure and decry that they are "bad". In Porirua they have a swimming pool and sports complex called Te Rauparaha Arena - should this be removed knowing the Te Rauparaha was by all historic accounts someone who butchered, subjugated and enslaved other tribes?