Chity Vhision's shameless pandering to Maori

Typical. Give the left a pathetic non-issue involving the shameless pandering of ethnic minorities, and they’ll warmly embrace it.

Chity Vhision, the loony left brigade on Auckland’s council have now asked for Wanganui Ave in plutey Herne Bay to be renamed with an “H”, following the daft decision of the Geographical Board to stick an “H” in the town of Wanganui’s name.

But here’s the ticklish bit – isn’t it interesting that Chity Vhision’s Roger Kilmister will wait to change the name until Len Brown is hopefully the Mayor of the new Auckland.

Firstly – Kilmister will be waiting forever for this, and secondly, I don’t think its helpful for Len Brown’s to be painted as the shameless panderer of all things Maori. That kiss from Chity Vhision is likely to be a kiss of death, and I doubt Chity Vhision will win many votes from this either..

John Banks sensibly suggested polling the local residents of Wanganui Ave to see what they think. I wonder if this occurred to Chity Vhision?

What next for renaming?  Remu-Wera is the technically correct historical spelling for the old bastion of Remuera. Will Chity Vhision be consistent and want Len Brown to change that name too?

  • http://jennymathis.com Jenny Mathis

    Hey, that's life. No need to get too upset about it. I used to live on a tropical island called "Chuuk" with my family. Most of the world still knows of it as "Truk" because the Germans wrongly named it that 100 years ago. The islanders themselves have always called it "Chuuk" so they were finally able to make it correct in the 90s so that foreigners can read it and pronounce it correctly. In this case, sounds like you have the Geo Board to blame. Are they are crazy lefties on that board or they are just seeking accuracy?

    • The_Grizz

      The difference here is that the local Chuuk people wanted the name changed.

      The argument against changing the spelling of Wanganui is that a referendum in the town found a greater than 2/3rds majority did not want a spelling change. It is outsiders who are wanting to impose it upon them. What Whale Oil is pointing out here is that City Vision are now wanting to change the name of Wanganui Avenue without the express consent of the ratepayers who live on the street. If the people who live in Wanganui and on Wanganui Avenue want to change the spelling, then you would have a scenario compariable to the people of Chuuk. At the moment we have a few outsider do gooders wanting to impose a change on people who may not want it, no matter how misguided they my be.

  • gravedodger

    Are you certain the original wasn't Rimu Error.