Photo: RNZAnother group of places across the country now reflect both Māori and Pākehā history after receiving dual names this year. Land Information New Zealand has given 22 places from Fiordland to the East Cape both English and Māori names. She said the board, and local iwi Ngāi Tahu were "very excited" about restoring the Māori names. "The important thing about these dual names is it records a bicultural history but from my point of view it brings the old traditional names assigned by our ancestors back to the places, they're the first names these places had. He said it was huge for the Māori names to have equal recognition with the names given by Cook, who are mainly named after passing whalers or Sydney merchants who landed sealing gangs there."

Source: Otago Daily Times December 25, 2019 19:07 UTC