Shaw said Levin was also known as Taitoko so Levin could not simply be approved as the official name. The geographic board has a fast-track process underway to approve the 4000 recorded names as official but only when there was no public opposition and no other known name for a place. Foxton Beach was one of the 600.įoxton, Manakau, Ohau, Shannon, Tokomaru and Levin were all unofficial recorded names. Shaw said there were 4000 unofficial recorded place names in New Zealand and only 600 official names. Levin was an "unofficial recorded" name, according to the geographic board. It turns out, the Government does not officially recognise either name.įor the past 130 years, Levin has been widely regarded as the town's name, but it appears no-one ever got around to assigning it.Īccording to the New Zealand Geographic Board - the government body for place names - Levin was not the town's official name and neither was Taitoko.īoard secretary Wendy Shaw said there was historical reference to the name Taitoko but more research would be required to confirm it as the original Māori name.īecause Levin was not an official name, other names such as Taitoko could be used, Shaw said. Photo: NZMELevin or Taitoko? Debate surfaced last week over what to call the Horowhenua town. Queen Street East is one of the main thoroughfares of the town with no name.
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