The owners of the Captain Cook Hotel have no immediate plans to rename the Dunedin building. Noel Kennedy, one of three directors of Orari Street Properties Investments Ltd which owns the building, said while Mike McLeod was free to change the name of his music venue — The Cook — he did not have the power to change the name of the building. Mr Kennedy said talk of the name change came as a surprise to the owners and there were no immediate plans to discuss changing the building's name. Mr Kennedy said he had no strong feelings either way on the name change, but the issue had never come up previously with owners. Despite having no immediate plans to change the name of the building, Mr Kennedy said Mr McLeod was free to change the name of his venue.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 16, 2020 16:30 UTC