Hello! I am new here, and likely so are you.
It’s great to see local communities online - and a great time to shape how we’d like to go on.
I’d love to hear people’s thoughts on a display name change from Wellington to The Whanaganui-a-Tara.
This would not change the URL, or stop people finding us by searching Wellington.
Tell us what you think… Go!
Yes that is the status quo of today, however I hope it becomes a more even split as time goes on.
Putting it in front may seem a bit on the nose, but to me it’s respectful and helps push the balance towards normalising bilingualism in our country.
That is far too much of a mouthful to be in front, to be honest.
Also, I don’t think we’ll reach even 50% fluency in Maori in our lifetimes, it’s not a skill that has much practical use, especially if you aren’t Maori.