Homeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too long

3 years ago by z2k_ to c/newzealand

It might be the traditional Māori name for the location but it's too long and impractical, say residents of a new Whakatāne subdivision.

I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road

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cloventt 13 points 3 years ago

It’s a cool name, but I agree its too long for a street. Would make a good name for a park or a reserve or something in the area. To me an ideal street name is around 2 or 3 syllables. “Acacia” is a pretty crap name too though, better to pick something with a connection to the land and the people.

They mention they’re arranging a hui so hopefully a decent compromise can come from that.

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Enkrod 6 points 3 years ago

Bah, I've been living on "Geschwister-Scholl-Straße" for years and Papakangahorohoro isn't any more complicated really.

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Ilovethebomb 1 point 3 years ago

Cool, is this in NZ?

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Ilovethebomb 3 points 3 years ago

It's a valid point that names for subdivisions can be very unoriginal, the worst is the nautical themed ones, there's just so many.

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evanuggetpi 4 points 3 years ago
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kmkz_ninja 4 points 3 years ago

Tree-named streets everywhere.

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