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Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa New Zealand Geographic Board is opening consultations today on place name proposals for the Rangitikei District and Maewa, a suburb of Feilding.

They include adding a macron to Rangitikei District to make it Rangitīkei District and extending the existing locality of Maewa in Feilding to become a suburb that includes a new housing development.

Rangitīkei District

Rangitikei District Council made the proposal to correct the spelling of its district name by adding the macron.

Board Secretary Wendy Shaw says the Rangitikei District is named after Rangitīkei River.

“The kōrero being that an ancestor, Haunui-a-Nanaia, in pursuit of his wife, crossed and named several rivers landmarks.

“It is at this river that his day (rangi) of striding (tīkei) came to an end. The river’s official name includes the macron.”

If successful, the macron would be officially added to the second “i” in the district’s name to make it Rangitīkei District. 

It is expected that signs and printed materials would be updated as they age and need replacing. Digital changes can happen more quickly without significant costs.

Maewa

Manawatu District Council made the proposal to extend the existing locality of Maewa to include a future housing development currently referred to as Precinct 4, and to formalise it as an official suburb of Feilding.

Maewa is an original Māori place name which Ngāti Kauwhata gifted to the council for the suburb name. It means “to meander” and describes the waterway that begins as a puna (spring) at the currently locality and flows east into Makino Stream.

How to have your say

The Board would now like to hear from the wider community before any final decisions are made.

Submissions on the proposals can be made in the following ways:

Consultation closes 11 July 2024 for the district name and 8 August 2024 for the suburb name.

 

The Board will not release submission details before final decisions are made. The submission reports will be available on the Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand website at the time the final decisions are announced.

New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa place naming process

Kua tuwhera ngā whakapāpātanga mō te Rangitīkei District me te paenoho o Feilding 

Pānui arapāho 

Ka tuwhera i te rangi nei te whakapāpātanga a Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa mō ngā tono ingoa wāhi e pā ana ki te Rangitikei District me Maewa, tētahi paenoho o Feilding.

Ko tētahi ko te hoatu tohutō ki te Rangitikei District kia Rangitīkei District ai, me te whakawhānui ake i te wāhi o Maewa i Feilding kia noho paenoho ai e uru atu ai tētahi whanaketanga whare hou.  

Rangitīkei District

Nā te kaunihera o te Rangitikei District te tono kia whakatikaina te tuhia o te ingoa o tōna takiwā ka hoatu tohutō ai. 

Hei tā te Hēkeretari o te Poari a Wendy Shaw i taunahatia te Rangitikei District ki te Awa o Rangitīkei.

“Ko te kōrero ia, e whai ana te tipuna a Haunui-a-Nanaia i tana wahine, ka whakawhiti, ka taunaha haere i ētahi awa maha.  

“I te taenga ki tēnei awa ka mutu i tēnei rangi tana tīkei haere. Kua hoatu he tohutō ki te ingoa mana o te awa.” 

Ki te angitu, ka mana te hoatu tohutō ki te “i” tuarua o te ingoa o te takiwā kia Rangitīkei District ai. Kāore e kore ka whakahoungia ngā tohu huarahi me ngā tānga mana ina tawhito haere, ka mate ki te whakahou. Ka tere tonu ngā panonitanga ā-mati, kāore hoki e nui te utu. 

Maewa

Nā te Manawatu District Council te tono kia whakawhānuitia te wāhi o Maewa kia uru atu ai tētahi whanaketanga whare hou ki tua e kīia ana i tēnei wā ko Precinct 4, kia whakamanahia anō hei paenoho mō Feilding.

He ingoa wāhi Māori ake a Maewa i kohangia e Ngāti Kauwhata ki te kaunihera mō te paenoho.  Ko te aewa te tikanga o te maewa, e kōrero ana mō tētahi kōawa ka tīmata ake i tētahi puna i te wāhi ka rere whakaterāwhiti ki te Awa o Makino.

Me pēhea te tuku whakaaro mai 

Kua hiahia rongo te Poari ināianei i ngā whakaaro o te hapori whānui i mua i ngā whakatau whakamutunga. 

Ka taea te tuku whakaaro mai mō te tono i ēnei huarahi nei: 

Ka kati te whakapā haere hei te 11 o Hōngongoi 2024 mō te ingoa o te takiwā me te 8 o Hereturikōkā 2024 mō te ingoa o te paenoho. 

 

E kore te Poari e tuku taipitopito tāpaenga whakaaro i mua i te whakatau whakamutunga. Ka wātea te pūrongo tāpaenga ki te paetukutuku a Toitū Te Whenua ina pānuitia te whakatau whakamutunga. 

New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa place naming process

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