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A mecca for high-end design, The Corner Shop, William Street Paddington, delivers an array of emerging local and international labels. With brands including; Isabel Marant, Kenzo, Ellery and Romance was Born, you'll find a highly curated selection of designer womenswear, footwear and accessories.
- 43 William Street, Paddington, 2021, NSW
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Cultural interactions, naming, tangata whenua, identity, origins, history, commemoration, change.He Tohu themes: place, people, living together.Find out about a local place name
Ask students, in groups, to find out what they can about the origins of the name of their town, city, and/or region. This could include other names (if any) that their chosen place has been known by. Get students to investigate the Māori history of their town or region, drawing on the knowledge and expertise of people within the community. 1. Make sure students also consider the way tangata whenua have experienced and related to the land of their chosen place. 2. If the information is challen...
Inquire into the place names of NZ's main centres
Ask students, individually or in groups, to find out about the origins of the names of NZ's main centres. Answer the following questions: 1. Who decides on place names? 2. How did NZ's main centres get their names? 3. What are the te reo Māori names for these cities? 4. Do they have names in te reo Māori and in English? Why? 5. Are they better known by an English name? Why? 6. When is it appropriate to give a place a new name when it is already named?
Topic Explorer: 1. New Zealand history 2. Māori history post-European arrival Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)— place names of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Conceptual strands: 1. Identity, Culture, and Organisation 2. Place and Environment 3. Continuity and Change Achievement objectives: 1. Level 3 2. Level 4 3. Level 5
(a) Names that reflect New Zealand culture, society, exploration, events, tradition, and history. The NZGB encourages the restoration of original Māori place
New Zealand’s place names weave a rich, bilingual tapestry of references to legends and actual events, people and wildlife, heritage and origins, and to geographical or geological features. Like many countries, the abundance of place names in the indigenous language can be daunting for visitors.
The New Zealand Gazetteer has all official place names of New Zealand, including: its offshore islands. undersea to the limits of the continental shelf. the Ross Sea region of Antarctica. It also records unofficial names that are shown on official maps, charts, and other publications.
In the quest for new and distinctive street names, New Zealanders have often turned to local sources for inspiration. Much favoured are names of local dignitaries and identities, and the famous, but after these are exhausted, it may come down to staff members, the relatives, or even more of a miscellany.
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New Zealand place names. Captain James Cook's map of New Zealand, showing a mixture of Māori names and names Cook bestowed himself. Most New Zealand place names have a Māori or a British origin. Both groups used names to commemorate notable people, events, places from their homeland, and their ships, or to describe the surrounding area.
