z2k_@lemmy.nz to Aotearoa / New Zealand@lemmy.nz · 10 months agoHomeowners oppose street name chosen by iwi, saying the 17-letter name is too longi.stuff.co.nzexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: newzealand@lemmit.online
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minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·10 months agoBah, I’ve been living on “Geschwister-Scholl-Straße” for years and Papakangahorohoro isn’t any more complicated really.
minus-squareTurun@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoProbably 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.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoNot really relevant to a discussion about NZ street names then, is it?
Bah, I’ve been living on “Geschwister-Scholl-Straße” for years and Papakangahorohoro isn’t any more complicated really.
Cool, is this in NZ?
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.
Not really relevant to a discussion about NZ street names then, is it?