MetService has city names in Te Reo for Maori Language week
MetService has city names in Te Reo for Maori Language week
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MetService - Te Ratonga Tirorangi
Wish there was an option to have this as default
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I dunno, there are common names in both Māori and English. I don't see a problem with making Māori names more commonly known though actions like this at a time specifically intended to build the country's Māori knowledge.
I think it's a different conversation from the decision to change the name of a town to be referred to a new name in both Māori and English.
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Two points:
- Maori were pretty much all over before Europeans, in a lot of cases I'm sure they had a name for an area that later became a European settlement
- Even if they didn't, why should Te Reo be frozen in time at 1840? All languages evolve and take on new words and so on. Why shouldn't it incorporate new words for things and places that didn't exist before?
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I don't think ill ever be able to adjust to the increased Maori language usage.
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It's just like anything, the more you use it the easier it will become
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The reason i said I wont be able to adjust is because I dont use it. If I see to much Maori I give up and go and look at something else.
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Jesus wept.
It's for one week people.
It's not like the places have actually moved, you still know where your town is.
People really love to get their panties in a twist.
Gasp, I have to learn a few new words! Woe is me!