Meng Foon is suggesting adding a Maori name, which iwi approve, to Poverty Bay. He says the name Poverty Bay needs to be dropped completely. Sarai Gerrard, 10, says: "Gisborne isn't poor and that's the words behind poverty, poverty itself is poor and Gisborne is rich in many ways that no-one can explain." The government body that registers names says Poverty Bay is not an official name, but simply a recorded name. Meng Foon says he's now considering how best to get the people of Gisborne talking about it.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 07, 2016 04:52 UTC