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