Sunday, June 19, 2016

A cold day in Lower Hutt.

Lower Hutt is a slightly unusual name for a city. The powers that be noticed it too and often refer to it as Hutt City.


This is not very welcoming of Upper Hutt, which I assume is not included in the lower city's name.


Google Translate tells me that TE AWA KAIRANGI means 'HUTT'. Maybe Te Awa Kairangi would have been a better name?
Maybe Upper Hutt needs a new name too?
Kura Te Awa Kairangi might work.
Or Hutt Too.




6 comments:

  1. Ha ha The Curmudgeon! You're a character!

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  2. The Hutt river was named after William Hutt (an English parliamentarian who never visited NZ). The first settlement was Britannia but after a while people would say they lived "up the Hutt" hence you have people living on the lower Hutt or upper Hutt.

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  3. Thank you Professor Fount.
    Now where did Kuntara, north of Wellsford get its name from?

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  4. Thank you Professor Fount.
    Now where did Kuntara, north of Wellsford get its name from?

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