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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool, is this in NZ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Tree-named streets everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Having lived in Gulf Harbour I totally agree