Taranaki’s mighty maunga was known as Taranaki Maunga, then Mt Egmont, before becoming Mt Taranaki/Mt Egmont. It’s now on the home straight towards officially becoming Taranaki Maunga once more, as Helen Harvey reports. Restoring manaNgā Iwi o Taranaki, representing Taranaki’s eight iwi, is negotiating to have ‘Taranaki Maunga’ officially recognised as part of its Treaty of Waitangi settlement. In 1983, the Taranaki Māori Trust Board approached the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) about restoring the name of Taranaki. Likewise, there was little reaction when Taranaki Daily News and Stuff started calling the mountain Taranaki Maunga earlier this year.

Source: Stuff July 17, 2021 17:01 UTC