Signs re-instating the name - Pākaraka - at a settlement on the outskirts of Whanganui have been ripped out of the ground just hours after being installed.
A settlement on the outskirts of Whanganui will soon have signs reflecting its traditional Māori name rather than one honouring a militiaman associated with the killing of local rangatahi.
Mana whenua are celebrating the confirmation that a settlement on the outskirts of Whanganui has officially had its name changed, no longer honouring a militiaman responsible for the killing of rangatahi.
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa is inviting public submissions to alter an official locality name from Maxwell to Pākaraka, which is 19km west-northwest of Whanganui. The Board will accept submissions for or against .