I guess they didn’t want people to end up calling it P Road

  • David Palmer
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    1310 months ago

    It’s a cool name, but I agree its too long for a street. Would make a good name for a park or a reserve or something in the area. To me an ideal street name is around 2 or 3 syllables. “Acacia” is a pretty crap name too though, better to pick something with a connection to the land and the people.

    They mention they’re arranging a hui so hopefully a decent compromise can come from that.

    • Enkrod
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      610 months ago

      Bah, I’ve been living on “Geschwister-Scholl-Straße” for years and Papakangahorohoro isn’t any more complicated really.

        • Turun
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          110 months ago

          Probably not, unless you like to name your streets in German.

          The siblings Scholl were part of the White Rose resistance group in WW2 and were decapitated (aged 21 and 24) for spreading anti war propaganda.

          • @Ilovethebomb
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            110 months ago

            Not really relevant to a discussion about NZ street names then, is it?

    • @Ilovethebomb
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      310 months ago

      It’s a valid point that names for subdivisions can be very unoriginal, the worst is the nautical themed ones, there’s just so many.