Nigger names - OBJECTING
SUBMISSION
NO.
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SUBMITTER'S NAME
DATE
REASON(S) SUMMMARISED
Online objecting
submission -
Grant Hughes
2015-10-29
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Online objecting
submission -
John Van Der Leden
2015-10-29
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Online objecting
submission Online objecting
submission -
Jason Wohnsiedler
2015-10-29
Names are historical, can't change
things if you don't know the
context. Slippery slope argument.
NZGB is equivalent to ISIS blowing
up monuments. Rewriting history.
Currently ruled by SJWs
[presumably 'Social Justice
Warriors'], enormous number of
potentially offensive place names.
Names are fine.
Robert de Kock
2015-10-29
All
Online objecting
submission Online objecting
submission -
Sam Colebaker
2015-10-29
David Butler
2015-10-29
Online objecting
submission -
Tony Fleete
2015-10-29
Appears to believe firmly in the
Pūkio, Pūkio Hill and Pūkio Stream
association between the names and
the plant, so suggests that the
Pūkio names would be more
appropriate. Steelhead not relevant
as it is not a native species.
Suggests that there are many other
names that could be considered
offensive.
Changing the names will put
geographic websites out of date
Nigger is just a shortened form of
the word Negro [It has more
letters?] or a person from Nigeria.
Words can only be derogatory if
intended to be. Being PC. Sick of
Māori names.
Is PC, idiotic, names existed before
Nigger had negative connotations.
Should go to a referendum
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005
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007
ALTERNATIVE NAME
All or some?
All
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All
All
All
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Online objecting
submission -
Robert H Mercer
2015-10-29
009
Online objecting
submission -
Doug and Heather
2015-10-29
010
Online objecting
submission -
Greg Cuttance
2015-10-29
011
Online objecting
submission -
Dr Brendan Whyte
2015-10-30
NZGB are narrow minded bigots,
word is derogatory, word used
most often by those it refers to.
Word derives from Niger. Being PC.
Has always and will always
continue to called black negros
Niggers. Word doesn't apply to
aboriginals or Māoris.
Being PC. Cites Dambusters
'Nigger' controversy (the dog in
Peter Jackson film may have its
name altered).
Is racist to change the names. Next
we'll call NZ Aotearoa, have the
word well entrenched. PC
handwringing brigade, Māori never
had a written language [why is this
relevant?], PC Wankers causing a
racial divide over the last 25 years
like Doug Graham and Geoffrey
Palmer. [Our] job is paid for by
raping and pillaging the poor
taxpayers.
There are Māori names in poor
taste (anatomy), the word Nigger
isn't offensive, black people call
themselves niggers, cites
Dambusters dog, use by famous
authors. Word isn't discriminatory,
no evidence it's derogatory, cites
catalogue of photo portraits by C H
Allen [no context] including one
title 'A Nigger', depicting an
aboriginal person. All the proposed
names are 'risible', confusing, imply
associations that don't exist.
Meaning of words change over
time. Also equates removing Nigger
names to ISIS.
Second submission: Not relevant
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Online objecting
submission Online objecting
submission -
Daniel Henderson
2015-10-30
Graham Cliff
2015-10-30
014
Online objecting
submission -
Zeb Paterson
2015-10-30
015
Online objecting
submission Online objecting
submission -
Jack Morrow
2015-11-01
Glenn Goulter
2015-11-01
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and unproven what people outside
of NZ would think of the names. No
evidence that 150 years ago the
names were offensive,
discriminatory, derogatory, in poor
taste; proposer did not provide
evidence; submission addresses
each claim extensively. Proposed
names 'risible'; Kānuka hardly
unique, Steelhead not particularly
unique either. Names have been
there for 100, 150 year.
'etymological and historical
vandalism'. Tawhai not unique
either. Niggerhead is useful and
descriptive. Gives a number of
examples of political correctness in
USA. Suggests the word nigger will
be entirely acceptable again.
Equates name change with
iconoclasm, ISIS, Taliban.
Existing name is fine
Names are historically significant,
no evidence names are malicious,
people chose to be offended,
attempting to change history, being
PC, turning names over to local iwi
ethnically biases [names not
proposed by Ngāi Tahu]
GGGrandson of Arthur Dobson,
believes that whoever named the
names was unlikely to have had
racist intentions. Changing history.
Names are a unique and colourful
part of our history.
Rename Niggerhead Nigger Bluff
Nigger Bluff
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Niggerhead
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Online objecting
submission -
Joel Williams
2015-11-03
Proposed name inappropriate as
trout are only 'Steelhead' if
anadromous-sea going, and none
of the NZ Rainbow Trout are.
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Online objecting
submission -
Richard Allibone
2015-11-05
019
Online objecting
submission Online objecting
submission -
Linda Skleton
2015-11-05
Malcolm Main
2015-11-06
021
Online objecting
submission -
Brent Arps
2015-11-19
022
Offline objecting
submission -
L.A. Hastie
2015-11-30
NZ Rainbow trout while descended Three species of native fish in the
from migratory American trout are stream, would suggest possibly
not migratory, and so not
'puhi', 'roowai', 'rakahore" and
'Steelhead'. Trout a damaging
'paangoungou" and 'toitio", or
introduced species, equivalent to
approach Ngāi Tahu for a more
naming a 'Possum Forest'.
specific name.
PC gone mad, slippery slope, called
pets Darkie and Blackie, etc
Steelhead name incorrect, NZ trout Māori name of Carex Secta [pūkio]
not diadromous. Seems certain that
the 'Nigger' does refer to Carex
Secta. Should change the name to
the Māori equivalent.
The hill has little kānuka on it,
Bell Hill, Marshall Stream
name it after Ron Bell, former
manager of Mount White station,
whose ashes are spread on the hill.
The stream should similarly be
Marshall Stream after Ray Marshall,
another previous manager.
Not being consistent in our
'sanitising' of place names, i.e.
Blackball will require investigation.
Will contact English Language
Commission to get rid of 'Pakeha'.
Questions why the Geo Board
changed the names of Cook and
Egmont. Apparently "the Maori
people of old did not name
mountains or mountain ranges".
Changing English names to Māori
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Chinook Stream (investigated, no
evidence of Chinook Salmon) or
Rainbow Stream (would be
relevant).
Nigger Stream
Nigger Stream
All
Nigger Stream
Nigger Hill and
Nigger Stream
All, presumably.
names is racism.
023
Offline supporting J M Hellyar
submission -
2015-11-09
Words are offensive, should be
changed as soon as possible.
024
Online objecting
submission -
Trevor W.A. Morley
2015-11-30
025
Online objecting
submission -
Brian Molloy
2015-11-30
Word isn't objectionable or
offensive. Word "correctly refers to
native Afro/American persons".
Word related to WWI and WWII,
insult to servicemen to remove it,
cites a warhorse called Nigger, the
dambusters' dog. Also opposite to
Whanganui change citing the New
Zealand Company records as the
first print text.
Supports the change, even though
he wrote an article titled "Nigger
Stream, Esk Valley. Botanical
report on wetlands and bog pine
shrublands. Unpublished DSIR
Vegetation Report No. 641, 28 pp.
1988." Believes however that as
'Steelhead' is an introduced trout,
there are better options for the
stream, such as the endangered
Hebe armstrongii or the bog pine
Halocarpus bidwillii. Surrounding
features are also 'Big Flora' and
'Little Flora', so a flora name is
appropriate.
Suggests 'Flashing Trout', 'Fast
Trout', 'Fish-a-while' Stream, "or
whatever"
Supports Kānuka
and Tawhai, but
thinks Steelhead
is too obscure.
All
Hebe Stream [for the plant, is
Nigger Stream
native, Māori name is koromiko or
kōkōmuka - three Koromiko names
in Nelson area].
026
Offline supporting Craig Benbow
submission -
2015-12-01
027
Online objecting
submission -
Karl van Slooten
2015-12-11
028
Online objecting
submission -
Graeme Paltridge
2016-01-12
029
Offline supporting Ron Panckhurst
submission -
2016-01-03
030
Online objecting
submission -
Derek Ball
2016-01-18
031
Online objecting
submission -
Ross
2016-01-19
032
Online objecting
submission -
Alan Tunnicliffe
2016-01-27
Tawhai Hill too generic, everything Lochinvar River, Turnbull River,
covered in beech trees. Could use something after the stations
Māori name [pūkio]. Term as used history. Pūkio Stream ,Hill (for both
in NZ never used in a racist
hill/s)
manner. Could refer to something
such as coal, the 'niggerhead' carex
secta, or potentially a horse, dog,
some other animal from the Mount
White Station. The Stream could
take on a name relating to
surrounding features, or history of
Mount White Station, or
alternatively a Māori name.
Objects due to long term use, lack
of offensive caused, no problem for
those that live in vicinity
There are no 'Steelhead' trout as
Anything relevant: Mackinaw, Char,
none are ocean going, though some native mudfish, longfin, galaxias
marketers use Steelhead for
international recognition. Probably
should deal with all the other
politically incorrect names (Chink,
Chinama, Wog, Hori, Jap, etc)
Existing names are fine, only
changing for reasons of political
correctness. Apparently NZGB have
provided no reasons for the
change.
Long term use. No objections until
recently. Over the top political
correctness.
Offensive to history to remove the
names. There's an obsession to use
Māori names in government. The
word Nigger is commonly used in
Hip-Hop music, thereby increasing
the usage.
Disagrees with changing the names
on the basis of long term use, and
the likelihood of the names relating
All
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Nigger Stream
All
All
Follow up email
sent to clarify
objection to all
three names.
All
to the plant.
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Online objecting
submission -
Bradley Siebert
2016-01-29
034
Online objecting
submission -
Pete Belt
2016-01-29
035
Online objecting
submission -
Viktor Oliver
2016-01-29
036
Online objecting
submission -
Lawrie Kevin Cairns
2016-01-29
037
Online objecting
submission -
Maurice Burney
2016-01-29
038
Online objecting
submission Online objecting
submission -
Matt
2016-01-29
Kelly Taingahue
2016-01-02
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Objects, that the names share the
connotation with the slur is just
coincidence until it can be proven.
Provides a copy of Wikipedias list of
Ethnic slurs.
Nigger not a bad word in New
Zealand context, slippery slope
argument, get rid of Len Brown
Place. Inconsistent with approach
of using original Māori names.
There are offensive Māori names.
Cannot just remember 'nice bits' of
history, existing names a reminder
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Former Lands and Survey person
Pukio or Carex Secta [Hill]
who worked in mapping. Historical
use of the name Niggerhead relates
to Carex Secta/Pukio. Name is
descriptive, not negative in
connotation. If the name must be
amended, use either of these
names. Should retain the name of
the Trig as is for consistency of
geodetic records. Several
attachments with examples of use
in the botanical sense.
Proposal is 'prissy woolly headed
nonsense' to address Māori issues.
'Steeleye'[sic] are not native. Go
seek productive employment
Name change ludicrous, names
have historical relevance
Supports kānuka and Tawhai, but Consult Ngāi Tahu
suggests a name of Ngāi Tahu
significance for Nigger Stream
Niggerhead
All
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Nigger Stream
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Online objecting
submission -
? Bunce
2016-01-30
Changing the name an attach on
colonial heritage and history
All
040
Online objecting
submission -
Debbie Bell
2016-01-31
All presumably
041
Online objecting
submission -
B Fynn
2016-01-30
Changing the existing names is
racism, people proposing name
change are racist. Changing
history. Thinks Darky Creek is
being changed [isn't]
Minority seeking change over
majority, named at a time different
to ours
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28th October
Secretary for the NZ Geographic Board
This is a submission against the proposed change to the place names Niggerhead,
Nigger Hill and Nigger Stream for the following reasons.
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The names are historical. Unless it can be incontrovertibly demonstrated
that they were originally created with the intent of causing offence they
should be retained that the historical link may survive.
Language is dynamic and change in nuance, meaning and acceptability over
time will change but to continuously change place names on this basis is
political correctness gone mad.
Making changes such as those proposed inevitably condemns the New
Zealand geographic scene to a colourless future of bland mediocrity.
Making place name changes such as these may, I believe, set a precedent
such that the Board could then be deluged with requests for name changes
from any number of ethnic, religious or interest groups. .
These names are part of our history. Unless you wish to rewrite that history I
respectfully submit they be left untouched.
Yours sincerely
Grant Hughes
Submitted on Thursday, 29 October 2015 - 12:32pm Submitted by anonymous
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
I suppourt the existing name. Changing it, in my opinion, is an
attempt to re-write history. It's no different to ISIS
destroying monuments to things that it doesn't like. Just
because we're currently ruled by SJW's doesn't mean we have to
bow to them every time.
Where will it stop? Do the proponents of change have the
slightest idea of the enormous number of potentially "offensive"
placenames in NZ??
Leave our Placenames as they are.
==Supporting evidence==
==Send my submission==
The results of this submission may be viewed at:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/node/13401/submission/2013
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
I suppourt the existing name. Changing it, in my opinion, is an
attempt to re-write history. It's no different to ISIS
destroying monuments to things that it doesn't like. Just
because we're currently ruled by SJW's doesn't mean we have to
bow to them every time.
Where will it stop? Do the proponents of change have the
slightest idea of the enormous number of potentially "offensive"
placenames in NZ??
Leave our Placenames as they are.
==Supporting evidence==
==Send my submission==
The results of this submission may be viewed at:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/node/13403/submission/2014
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
I suppourt the existing name. Changing it, in my opinion, is an
attempt to re-write history. It's no different to ISIS
destroying monuments to things that it doesn't like. Just
because we're currently ruled by SJW's doesn't mean we have to
bow to them every time.
Where will it stop? Do the proponents of change have the
slightest idea of the enormous number of potentially "offensive"
placenames in NZ??
Leave our Placenames as they are.
==Supporting evidence==
==Send my submission==
The results of this submission may be viewed at:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/node/13402/submission/2015
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: I think the name is fine as it is now.
==Supporting evidence==
==Send my submission==
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: I think the name is fine as it is now.
==Supporting evidence==
==Send my submission==
The results of this submission may be viewed at:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/node/13403/submission/2017
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: I think the name is fine as it is now.
==Supporting evidence==
==Send my submission==
The results of this submission may be viewed at:
http://www.linz.govt.nz/node/13402/submission/2018
To the Secretary
NZ Geographic Board
Dear Madam / Sir,
Niggerhead, Nigger Hill, Nigger Stream
I have read in the online press about the proposed name changes for the above three
names of features located in Lake Sumner Conservation Park, Canterbury. I would
like to submit the following for your consideration:
Niggerhead is a traditional settler name for the tussock grass Carex secta which is a
common, in places dominant, plant in swampy places throughout Aotearoa. The
Māori name most often used for this species is pūkio. Other Māori names are
makura, pūrei, pūreirei and pūrekireki, the latter three being dialectical variants
of the same word.
It would thus seem that there is enough choice of names without varying the
meaning or resorting to entirely dissimilar plant species such as tawhai or tawai
(both meaning silver beech, Nothofagus menziesii) and kānuka (white tea-tree,
Kunzea ericoides).
The name Steelhead Stream must be deprecated as it refers to Oncorhynchus
mykiss, a subspecies of the rainbow trout, which is a non-native species obviously
unwanted in a conservation area.
It would further seem that the names Nigger Hill and Nigger Stream derive from
the plant name Niggerhead. No separate or distinct origin for those names is
plausible. My suggestion is thus that, if the current names are found offensive
(something entirely disputable of course,) to replace the names with Pūkio, Pūkio
Hill and Pūkio Stream respectively.
Finally, at the risk of being found frivolous, I would like to submit that there are
geographical names in close proximity within the Conservation area far more
offensive to the zealous, though not so offensive that they might cause your Board
to consider name changes. One case in point is Pussy Stream, another is Macs
Knob, though the latter may originally have been meant as a compliment.
Kind regards,
Robert de Kock
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29/10/2015 Sam Colebaker
Please retain all three names as renaming them will cause alot of geographic
websites to become out of date.
2015-10-29
RE
Nigger Head
Nigger Stream
Nigger Hill
Please leave these names as is, including the term Nigger.
“Nigger” is a shortened form of the word negro or person from Nigeria.
What is wrong with that?
It is only derogatory if it is in the mind of the speaker to use it that way, and any
word can be used in a derogatory sense if we choose.
The world has become entirely too PC.
Lets keep the world an interesting place and include some character in our
terminology.
To tell the truth I am totally sick of Maori names that most people including Maori
do not understand.
Same goes for Wanganui and Whanganui – it is a Maori name – OK, accepted. But
the Maori did not have a written alphabet so how does discussion arise as to
whether it has an “H” in the name. they didn’t have an “H”
Mt Taranaki – I along with many others preferred Egmont.
Stick with the current names including Nigger in the 3 names mentioned above.
Lets have some character that the non-maori-speaking (99.8%) of people
understand and that most western tourists can relate to as well.
Thanks – all the best.
David Butler
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2015-10-29
I have just viewed an item on TV3 relating to the proposed re-naming of three
geographical place names in Canterbury. I despair at the share idiocy of the of the
adoption of PC as a reason for such action. These place names were affixed to these
areas long before there was any adverse connotation attached to the word "nigger".
Whether or not some poor deluded individual can claim to be offended by these
names I believe that because of the reason I mentioned earlier, that historically,
when these areas were named there was no concern locally or internationally as to
the PC association with the word any thought of changing the names should be
ignored until such time as a referendum supports such a change.
Regards.
Tony Fleete.
2015-10-29
What a bunch of narrow-minded bigots you really are.
The word nigger has been around longer than most of you and
at age 85 longer than I.
There is nothing derogatory about the word and it is used most often
by the very people to whom it refers.........niggers!
The word itself is derived from Niger where most slaves were collected
and like many other words was corrupted to nigger.
The changing of the names is merely a knee-jerk reaction to the pitiful
wailing of bleeding-hearts and do-gooders and should be scotched.
PC usually means politically correct but in my mind it is merely an
abbreviation of Puerile Cretins.
Why, oh, why do you have to suck up to those who are too pathetic
to see that change for change's sake is ridiculous.
Get a life - just as those asking for the change should do.
As far as it goes I have always, from childhood, called a black negro
a nigger and will always do so in spite of the "Thought Police".
Anyone who calls an Aboriginal or Maori a nigger does so through
ignorance. I never have and never will since it is not relevant.
Robert H Mercer.
2015-10-29
For goodness sake leave the “Nigger” names as they are. Up until recently I would
think there was no worry with this word, until the PC Brigade got their teeth into it.
Spelling, as in the word Tokomairaro is different.
It’s bad enough that the word Nigger, which was the name of the dog belonging to
the famous Dambuster Leader Guy Gibson, is/has to be changed just to be PC. One
should not be allowed to change historical names just to satisfy the PC Brigade.
This is ridiculous.
For the record: I do not agree to the change of the word Nigger in the South
Island area as is being suggested.
Please record this to the appropriate group.
Regards
Doug Hopkins
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2015-10-29
As I have said this is part of Our NZ history.
We do not need to change any names in NZ you are just pandering to the PC
handwringing brigade.Just leave them as they are.
But I guess you will do what you usually do rely on Kiwi Apathy and change them
by stealth as you have done in the past like WHANGANUI and I see you are
getting Aotearoa pretty well entrenched now.
You guys have conveniently forgotten when European settlers arrived in NZ
Maori never had a written Language ,it was written for them by a European.
Most of us thinking Kiwis have actually had a gutsful of your group and many
other PC Wankers dividing our country and causing Racial Division that was never
there 25 years ago thanks to people like Doug Graham,Geoffrey Palmer and your
panel ,but I guess it keeps you in a job that us poor raped and pillaged taxpayers
have to pay for .
Greg Cuttance
29/01/2016
Dear Sirs,
I attach a revised submission opposing the proposal to alter three recorded names
from:
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Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills
Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream
Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill
Please consider this submission instead of my earlier one of 29 October 2015.
Thank you,
Brendan Whyte
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“Sed ego qui scripsi hanc historiam aut uerius fabulam quibusdam fidem in hac
historia aut fabula non accommodo. Quaedam enim ibi sunt praestrigia demonum,
quaedam autem figmenta poetica, quaedam similia uero, quaedam non, quaedam ad
delectationem stultorum.” – Colophon to Táin Bó Cúalnge in the Book of Leinster
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proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
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the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: i think nigger hill is a perfectly fine name, it
does not need to be changed
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proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
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existing name.: i think nigger stream is a perfectly fine name,
it does not need to be changed
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does not need to be changed
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2015-10-30
I wish to submit an opinion on the Board's proposal to rename certain sites in the
South Island, viz. Niggerhead, Nigger Hill, and Nigger Stream. This has, I
understand, come about because a member of the public has lodged an objection to
these place names, on the basis that they are "in poor taste, offensive,
discriminatory and derogatory", and, presumably, anachronistically racist.
I oppose such a renaming proposal, on the following grounds:
These names are historically significant, and form part of the fabric of this
country's heritage. To arbitrarily replace them would be to deny that history, and to
betray the memory and legacy of those pioneers who created the names. There is no
evidence, that I am aware of, that those names were created out of malice, and we
therefore ought to honour them in the spirit in which they were conferred.
The fact that a person finds these names offensive cannot be given any weight; I
say this because offence is never given, but only taken. To take offence is a
volitional act; it is a type of resentment, umbrage, anger or similar hurt: all of these
reactions can be tempered by reason (hence, for example, the success of anger
management programmes), and it is tempting therefore to suggest that there are
some people who not only elect to feel offended, but also derive perverse
satisfaction from doing so. To pander to them is to begin down an undesirably
slippery slope towards appeasement at any price.
Our country is a young one. It must preserve every vestige of quirkiness,
individuality, and inconsistency that it can muster: only in this way will it be able
to slowly mature into a nation that has a distinct character. After all, it is precisely
such anomalies that lend a country its ethos. We cannot, and should not, attempt to
delete every conceivable flaw in its sociopolitical matrix.
I appreciate that alternative, apparently innocuous names have been suggested for
the three names in question, but who is to say whether or not those represent fair
consensus on the part of the rest of us? Are we to hold a national referendum to test
this? Or is the objector going to have his/her preference accepted as of right? Or,
again, are we to see the 'politically correct' (but, arguably, ethnically biased)
solution of turning the naming issue over to the local iwi?
Please leave things as they are.
Dr Graham Cliff
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2015-10-30
Hi there,
RE: the three place names proposed to be renamed (Niggerhead, Nigger Hill and
Nigger Stream).
I am not in favor of changing the names. I propose to keep the names as they
are.
The place names are a part of the history of the South Island and are an insight into
a bygone era.
From my understanding it is not known whether these three place names relate to
indigenous Maori or other ethnicities. Equally, we do not know whether the place
names were intended as racist or were intended as a mark of respect or
remembrance, or for another reason entirely (perhaps humor or satire?). Either way,
I do not believe it matters, as the names still give some insight into the cultural
differences that once did exist within our country - we cannot deny that.
My G/G/G Grandfather, Arthur Dudley Dobson, who's name was given to the
National Park, was not a racist man. In fact, he relied heavily upon the wealth of
knowledge and vast skills of local Maori while he traveled around surveying the
South Island. I believe that whoever named Niggerhead, Nigger Hill and Nigger
Stream is unlikely to have had inappropriate intentions.
There are still lessons that we can learn from the past - lessons about culture,
indifference and race relations. I believe that changing place names and "painting
over history" is denying future generations the valuable lessons of hindsight.
Who are we to change history?
Kind Regards,
Zeb Paterson
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2015-11-01
Thanks for the quick reply. I'm happy to reconfirm my submission.
Jack Morrow
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Don't change the namesin North Canterbury
Dear LINZ:
This is a note to request that you
don't change the names Niggerhead, Nigger Hill, and Nigger Stream. Such names
make a unique and colourful contribution
to New Zealand history. If some people find that offensive, it should be kept in
mind that such things are in fact part of history, and shouldn't be expunged from
the record.
Sincerely,
Jack Morrow
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1/11/2015
Glen Goulter
I agree the place name nigger head should be replaced. I propose it should be
renamed '
nigger bluff'
thankyou
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Sent: Friday, 23 October 2015 4:30 p.m.
To: nzgbsubmissions
Subject: Steelhead Stream proposal
To whom it may concern, I've read the proposal to change the name of Nigger
Stream to Steelhead Stream based on the idea that steelhead is a species of trout.
As far as I'm aware and as easily found information indicates, steelhead is a term
used to describe rainbow trout that are anadromous, like the Chinook salmon runs
we have in the South Island.
Some populations of the rainbow trout subspecies that New Zealand stocks are
descended from are known to be anadromous in their natural habitat. When they do
they are considered steelhead and the populations of the same subspecies that spend
their lives in freshwater are just called rainbow trout.
In New Zealand their are no populations of anadromous rainbow trout. Therefore to
call the stream Steelhead Stream would be a bit of a misnomer as none of the
rainbow trout that would reside/spawn in that stream (in fact the whole river
system) would be considered steelhead.
Perhaps a better option would be to check with Fish and Game to see if Chinook
salmon use the stream to spawn and then it could be called Chinook Stream. Or the
name could be changed to Rainbow Stream, which would be more correct based on
the life cycle of the rainbow trout that live in the area.
Sincerely, Joel Williams.
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==What is your submission==
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options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
I do not support the proposal to rename Nigger Stream to
Steelhead Stream as steelhead trout do not exist in New Zealand.
It is correct that the rainbow trout stock introduced to New
Zealand came from the migratory rainbow trout stock from
California and these migratory rainbow trout are called steelhead
trout in the USA. However, no migratory populations of rainbow
trout have developed in New Zealand so we have no steelhead
trout. Rather all rainbow trout are fully freshwater resident
and none are known to migrate to and from the sea as steelhead
trout do. Therefore, renaming Nigger Stream as Steelhead Stream
does not give the stream the name of a resident freshwater fish
rather this name is the name of different life history version of
rainbow trout only found in the USA.
Freshwater fish records for Nigger Stream (see the New Zealand
Freshwater Fish database) record three native fish present alpine galaxias (Galaxias paucipondylus) Canterbury galaxias
(Galaxias vulgaris) and upland bully (Gobiomorphus breviceps)
present in the stream. If the stream is to be renamed then I
would support the use of a native fish name from one of these
three species. Maori have a variety of names for freshwater fish
and it should be possible for Ngai Tahu to provide a name for
fish such as the two galaxiids. Maori names for small galaxiid
fish include 'puhi', 'roowai', 'rakahore" and 'paangoungou" and
'toitio" is a name used for bully species - although generally
common bully not upland bully. I would recommend tht Ngai tahu
are approached and requested to provide a suitable native fish
name. THe use of a native efish name would be consistent with
the sue of native plant names for the other "nigger" place names
being proposed for renaming.
Finally, brown and rainbow trout are known as major predators of
native fish and a significant cause of decline for many native
fish species. To name the stream after a fish that cause
significant harm to native species could be considered that same
as naming a forest Possum or Ferret Forest. Using a native fish
name can also promote to the general public the value of our
streams for supporting a range of indigenous fish rather that
introduced sports fish.
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2015-11-05
I would like the names to remain as they are. I do not feel they are disrespectfull
The world is going mad trying to be PC. It is only wrong to some because they are
the ones who are thinking wrong. Place names are many and varied. Has anyone
researched why these places were named Nigger?
Will teetotalers want Whisky creek renamed, Canibal gorge... plus lots and lots
more about our country if you want to take a clinical look.
I had a dog called Darkie because he was black and loved him. My children had a
labrador they called Blackie. I also had a lovely comforting Golliwog as a
child. My Surname was Blackadder I have a cousin named Gay and a friend Dick.
Not one of these names are offensive to me but I expect no girls will now be
named Gay.
History is history leave it be.
Sincerely
Linda Skelton
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==What is your submission==
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options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
Steelhead trout are the diadromous (i.e. sea-run) form of rainbow
trout and sea-run rainbow do not exist in New Zealand (see for
example McDowall 1978 New Zealand Freshwater Fishes, p95).
Rainbow trout are present in the catchment, but it is an
introduced species which is distributed throughout the country
and is not particularly significant in this context.
"Nigger" in the current name is an abbreviation from the
well-established although now politically-incorrect common name
for Carex secta (niggerhead). Carex secta is abundant along the
margin of this stream and it is appropriate that the stream name
should in some way reflect that. If it must be changed, then I
suggest it should be changed either to Niggerhead or else to the
Maori name for C. secta.
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==What is your submission==
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options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
Nigger hill has very little kanuka on it.
Hills and streams etc have in the past been named after people
associated with Mt White.
Bell Hill named after Ron Bell past manager who I believes ashes
are spread there would be more appropriate than Kanuka hill.
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proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: Nigger Stream renamed to Marshall Stream after
Ray Marshall previous manager keeping with the tradition of
naming hills streams etc after people associated with Mt White
Station.
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options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
This objection applies not just to the "renaming" of Kanuka Hills
but ALSO to the proposed renaming of Steelhead Stream and Tawhai
Hill.
I do not find the word "nigger" either objectionable or
offensive, as some people seem to. The word, when used
correctly, refers to a native Afro/American person, and is
frequently used by them, especially adult males when conversing
between themselves. For someone to object to the use of the word
in New Zealand indicates a lack of understanding of how the word
is used by those to whom it correctly applies. For example, if
someone used the word to me, or about me, then it would indicate
an almost total lack of understanding of just to whom the word
refers. I would not be offended, just curious as to the
intelligence of the user of the word - perhaps they were
colour-blind (pun intended.)
Further, the word has a direct reference to WWI and WWII and to
try and strike it from the record books of history is to offer an
injustice to the military personnel who clearly used the word in
a descriptive manner - and NOT a derogatory one. First, nigger
was the name of one of the only 4 horses that left NZ to fight
with our troops in the Middle East during WWI - and returned home
to Aotearoa to retire in peace, his duty done. Given the passage
of time, how do we know now that the use of the horse's name in
the 'naming' of any of these 3 geographical features were not in
some way connected with this brave horse? And insofar as WWII is
concerned. nigger was the codeword transmitted by the leader of
"The Dambusters" raid during WWII, the word being the name of the
Squadron leader's dog - and transmitted to signify the success of
the raid. (NB - a very recently deceased pilot who flew on that
raid was a Neew Zealander.) Irrespective of the relevance of the
word or not, you cannot change the course of history by
obliterating word/s from the language. As the preamble to your
website says "...naming NZ places and features preserves our
culture and heritage, and builds a common understanding of
'where.' Place names are also important land marks of the
history, culture and identity of our nation..."As an aside, and
in conclusion, and with regard to the current Whanganui/Wanganui
debate it was "Wanganui" which first appeared in print in New
Zealand, and NOT "Whanganui" - courtesy of the travel diaries of
Edward WAKEFIELD. Thus 'history' would appear to be in the side
of the "Wa's" and not the "Wha's."
Please do not hesitate to contact me for any further information.
Thank you.
Trevor W.A. Morley.
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30/11/2015
To whom this may concern
I understand it is proposed to replace the names Nigger Hill and Nigger Stream in
the Esk River catchment with more acceptable and appropriate names. I fully
support this proposal, notwithstanding that I wrote a report with a colleague Dr
Peter Johnson titled:
Nigger Stream, Esk Valley. Botanical report on wetlands and bog
pine shrublands. Unpublished DSIR Vegetation Report No. 641,
28 pp. 1988. ( this report is available on request from the Landcare
Research Library Archives at Lincoln).
I am sure my former DSIR co-author Peter Johnson would also support the
proposed name changes, but he could be consulted for his opinion.
This brings me to a consideration of an appropriate replacement name for Nigger
Stream. One name suggested in the background information I have seen is
“Steelhead Stream,” after an introduced or exotic freshwater trout. In my opinion, a
botanical name would be far more appropriate in view of the significance of the
site, centred on the Mounds of Misery, as the most outstanding habitat in the
country of the endangered endemic shrub Hebe armstrongii, together with
abundant shrubs of the endemic bog pine, Halocarpus bidwillii, and many other
indigenous plant species, in an association often referred to as “Wilderness”
vegetation. This site is bordered by the Arthurs Park National Park and Lochinvar
Forest Conservation land, and is located within the Mt White high country station.
This unique landscape is not formally protected as far as I know.
Two prominent hills bordering the site are named Big Flora and Little Flora and are
separated from each other by the Flora Stream, highlighting the significant plant
life of the site. I suggest that a most suitable replacement name for Nigger Stream
would be Hebe Stream and I recommend this name for consideration in
subsequent discussions.
I hold several colour photographs of this site should you find them useful.
6/12/2015
Dr Brian Molloy ONZM CRSNZ AHRIH
Thank you for your response to my submission.
To assist the New Zealand Geographic Board, I forward the link and password
below to my unpublished botanical report with co-author Peter Johnson which I
referred to in my submission. In particular, I wish to draw attention to the
Introduction (p.1) that sets out the study area ; the significance of vegetation for
conservation (pp. 28-29); the list of plants (p.30) where 10 species of Hebe are
recorded; Fig 2 (p.35) showing the location of study sites; and Fig 8 (p.41) showing
plants of Hebe armstrongii on “Hebe island”.
My 35mm slide collection of colour photographs, taken in 1986, would need to be
scanned to be helpful but I don’t think they would provide additional information
and guidance. Illustrations of Hebe armstrongii are available on several web sites,
eg. New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. I should also note the solitary
natural hybrid of H. armstrongii with one of the other hebes present which I found
in the study site in 1986. This hybrid, subsequently named Hebe ‘ Karo Golden
Esk’, is now regarded as a valuable cultivated plant, and is illustrated in colour
(Plate 2.12) in the book “The cultivation of New Zealand trees and shrubs” by L.
Metcalf (2011).
I would be pleased to provide further information re my submission if required.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Molloy.
2015-12-11
Hi
I Am making a submission AGAINST the proposal to change the following names
Niggerhead, Nigger Hill and Nigger Stream. I am Against this because these places
have always been known by these names since
1856/1864/1910 and I see no reason to change these names. Given the remote
locations of these places these names have little exposure and pose little/no offense
to the people which travel to these places. Being one of the closest residents to the
places I think that the names should say the way they are currently.
Your sincerely
Karl van Slooten
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proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
My objection to renaming Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream comes
from the fact that Steelhead rainbow trout do not exist as such
in NZ. Although rainbow trout were sourced from American
steelhead stock they do not exhibit andromous behviour here which
is how the American steelheads got their name, i.e., the colour
of their heads when entering rivers after spending a large
proportion of their lives at sea. NZ rainbow trout are purely
freshwater dwellers although a North Island guiding company
advertises steelhead trout fishing by claiming that the rainbow
trout in the rivers that feed L.Taupo use the lake as they would
the ocean, however, this is more an advertising ploy to entice
overseas anglers.
I therefore find it rather strange that you would want to call
this stream "steelhead" when NZ rainbow trout do not exhibit
andromous behaviour. If you must use an introduced piscine name
for this stream there are two other Salmo species in Canterbury
(apart from brown and rainbow trout and quinnat salmon)that you
could consider. The Mackinaw trout (Salvelinus namaycush) is a
rare fish found only in Lake Pearson and the Brook Char
(Salvelinus fontinalis) although widely spread has a low
prevalence. At least they have a presence here. Better still
would be to call the stream after some native fish. How about
galaxias,longfin or mudfish stream? I am sure there are many more
appropriate than "steelhead".
Also, as Nigger is now politically incorrect even though
niggerhead was probably named after the burned leaves of the
swamp tussock, Carex secta, it would behove the Board to consider
other politically incorrect place names. A quick look at my
Freshmap found "chink" used x4 times, "chinaman" x13, "wog" x1,
"Hori" x2 and "Jap" x2 - all names that now imply racial slur. I
say this with tongue-in-cheek but change it for one and you
should change it for all to be consistant.
Thankyou for considering my submission.
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proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
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the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
My submission is quite simple.
I cannot understand why the name needs to be changed. It has
probably been known by this name since time immemorable and
appears to have raised no objection until recent times. Was a
complaint made, or does someone in the department has the task of
perusing maps to ascertain if names are offensive.
In my view, if this name, and the others are changed, it is yet
another case of political correctness gone over the top.
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proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: The same comments apply to this submission as to
my email concerning Kanuku Hills.
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options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
My submissions for Kanuku Hills and Steelhead Stream remain
pertinent for this proposal.
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2016-01-19
I am unsure why a member of the public complained that the names "being in
poor taste, offensive, discriminatory and derogatory,” says NZGB Secretary Wendy
Shaw."
Has this person that complained or Land information New Zealand not taken the
trouble to find out how many years these places have been called that and the
reason why? It could be very offensive to that history to now after how long,
change them to the words you are proposing. But Im sure the decision has already
been made to change them even before hearing any submissions! Im not sure what
is the Obsession with anything that is renamed or named and is related to a Govt
department that it has to be a Maori name? There seems to be very little that is
ever named in English! that just happens to be our main language that is spoken in
the country of New Zealand.
Plus are you or the person that complained not aware that the word "Nigger" is very
commonly use these days in Hip Hop Music by the the very people that it refers
to? So its getting used more and more, Not less like you are trying to achieve.
Regards
Ross
Sorry I will clarify that for you .... I oppose any name change to the three names
... And in this case I did note they had given one of the three an English name,
something I have noticed is not normal for you guys as its more often than
not Maori names to everything!
Regards
Ross
2016-01-27
Having read the report of the proposal to change these names, I am of the opinion
that, in view of their very longstanding use on official maps, there is no need to
alter the existing names which are all likely to have been named after the common
name for a plant. In my opinion they are not offensive.
Therefore I object to the proposal and am in favour of retaining the existing names.
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2016-01-29
Good morning,
Please see attached correspondence relating to the proposed name changes to
Kānuka Hill, Tawhai Hill, and Steelhead Stream
- I object to the proposal to alter these place names.
Kind regards,
Brad Siebert
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What a dangerous precedent to set. Proposing a change to a historic place name
as it is now being used as an ethnic slur. Having read the background to the
proposal I am blown away that we are only talking of the coincidence of the place
name sharing the same spelling and no other past association that would justify
offence in any way. If this is the sole reason for the proposed change, I would
expect, and I will publicly propose, that LINZ consider all historic places names
that now share the spelling of all current (and apparently future) ethnic slurs
(over 150 examples of these are provided below)
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_slurs_by_ethnicity#European
African
Af
(Rhodesia) African to a white Rhodesian (Rhodie).[1]
Ape
(U.S.) a black person.[2]
Béni-oui-oui
Mostly used during the French colonization of Algeria as a derogatory term
to describe Algerian Muslims.[3]
Bluegum
An offensive slur used by some United States white Southerners for an
African-American perceived as being lazy and who refuses to work.[4]
Boogie
a black person (film noire) "The boogies lowered the boom on Beaver
Canal".[5]
Buck
a black person, also used to describe Native Americans.
Buffie
a black person.[6]
Burrhead / Burr-head / Burr head
(U.S.) a black person (referencing stereotypical hair type).[7]
Colored
(U.S.) a Black person. Once generally accepted as inoffensive, this word is
now considered disrespectful by some. The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People continues to use its full name
unapologetically. Some black Americans have reclaimed this word and
softened it in the expression "a person of color."
Coon
(U.S. & U.K) a black person. Possibly from Portuguese barracoos, a
building constructed to hold slaves for sale. (1837).[8]
Crow
a black person,[9] spec. a black woman.
Eggplant
(U.S.) A black person. Notable for appearing in the 1979 film, The Jerk.[10]
Fuzzies
(U.K.) A black person. In the 1964 film classic, "Zulu", the British officer
played by Michael Caine refers to the Zulus as "fuzzies".[11]
Gable
a black person.[6]
Golliwogg
(UK Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, after Florence Kate Upton's
children's book character [12]
Jigaboo, jiggabo, jijjiboo, zigabo, jig, jigg, jiggy, jigga
(U.S. & UK) a black person (JB) with stereotypical black features (dark
skin, wide nose, etc.) Used to refer to mannerisms that resemble dancing.
Jim Crow
(U.S.) a black person; also the name for the segregation laws prevalent in
much of the United States until the civil rights movement of the 1950s and
1960s.[13]
Jim Fish
(South Africa) a black person[14]
Jungle bunny
(US and UK) a black person.[15]
Kaffir, kaffer, kaffir, kafir, kaffre
(South Africa) a. a black person. Considered very offensive.
Macaca
Epithet used to describe a Negro (originally) or a person of North-African
origin (more recently).
Mammy
Domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often
overweight, and loud.[16]
Mosshead
a black person.[6]
Munt
(among whites in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Zambia) a black person
from muntu, the singular of Bantu[17]
Nig-nog
(UK & U.S.) a black person.[18]
Nigger / nigra / nigga / niggah / nigguh
(U.S., UK) An offensive term for a black person. From the word negro
which means the color black in numerous languages. Diminutive
appellations include "Nigg" and "Nigz." Over time, the terms "Nigga" and
"Niggaz" (plural) have come to be frequently used between some AfricanAmericans without the negative associations of "Nigger."
Niglet / nigglet
a black child
Nigra / negra / niggra / nigrah / nigruh
(U.S.) offensive for a black person [first used in the early 1900s][19]
Pickaninny
a term – generally considered derogatory – that in English usage refers to
black children, or a caricature of them which is widely considered racist.
Porch monkey
a black person,[20]
Powder burn
a black person.[6]
Quashie
a black person.[6]
Sambo
(U.S.) a derogatory term for an African American, Black, or sometimes a
South Asian person.[16][21]
Smoked Irish / smoked Irishman
(U.S.) 19th century term for Blacks (intended to insult both Blacks and
Irish).[6]
Sooty
a black person [originated in the U.S. in the 1950s][22]
Spade
A black person.[23] recorded since 1928 (OED), from the playing cards suit.
Spook
a black person.
Tar baby
(UK; U.S.; and N.Z.) a black child.[24]
Teapot
(British) a black person. [1800s][25]
Thicklips
a black person.[6]
Aboriginal Australians
Abo/Abbo
(AUS) Australian Aboriginal person. Originally, this was simply an
informal term for Aborigine, and was in fact used by Aboriginal people
themselves until it started to be considered offensive in the 1950s. In
remoter areas, Aboriginal people still often refer to themselves (quite
neutrally) as Blackfellas (and whites as Whitefellas). Although Abo is still
considered quite offensive by many, the pejorative boong is now more
commonly used when the intent is deliberately to offend, as that word's
status as an insult is unequivocal.[26]
Boong / bong / bung
(Aus) Australian aboriginal.[27] Boong, pronounced with ʊ (like the vowel
in bull), is related to the Australian English slang word bung, meaning
dead; infected; or dysfunctional. From bung, to go bung "Originally to die,
then to break down, go bankrupt, cease to function [Ab. bong dead]".[28]
Highly offensive. [First used in 1847 by JD Lang, Cooksland, 430][29]
Coon
an Aboriginal person. [30]
Gin
an Aboriginal woman.[31]
Lubra
an Aboriginal woman.[32]
Middle Eastern
Brownie
Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native
American or Pacific Island descent.[33]
Camel jockey
an Arab.
Sand nigger
person who dwells in deserts of Saudi Arabia or African continent.
Towelhead / Raghead
A Muslim, Arab, Sikh, or member of any group that traditionally wears
headdress such as a turban, keffiyeh or headscarf.
East Asian
Celestial
(Aust.) Chinese people, used in the late 1900s, a reference to their coming
from the "Celestial Empire" (i.e. China).
Charlie
(U.S.) A term used by American troops during the Vietnam War as a
shorthand term for communist guerrillas: it was shortened from "Victor
Charlie," the radio code designation for Viet Cong, or VC.[34]
Chinaman
(U.S. and English) Chinese person, used in old American west when
discrimination against Chinese was common.[35] Possibly coined by early
Chinese Americans from a translation of "Zhong Guo Ren" which is
literally "China" and "Person." In contrast to "Frenchman" or "Irishman"
which are generally considered neutral, non-insulting terms, "Chinaman" is
considered offensive especially in the U.S. due to the virulent anti-Asian
racism of the period in which the term came into popular usage (mid-1800s)
and tends to generate objections in contemporary usage. Can be comparable
to referring to a Black person as "a Negro", today. In 20th century Chicago
politics, "Chinaman" had a specific, unintentionally insulting meaning. A
junior politician or government worker's political patron was referred to as
their "Chinaman" (or "chinaman" without the initial capital) regardless of
their actual ethnic heritage or gender.[36] The term "chinaman", without the
initial capital, is also regularly used in cricket in a non-ethnic sense to refer
to a left-handed bowler who uses a wrist spin action.
Chink
(U.S.) a derogatory term used towards people of perceived East or
Southeast Asian descent. Until the 1980s a U.S. school used the term as a
sports mascot.[37]
Jap
(Predominantly U.S.) Offensive. Shortened from the word "Japanese", used
derogatorily towards the group.
Gook
a derogatory term for East Asians, used especially for enemy soldiers.[38] Its
use as an ethnic slur has been traced to U.S. Marines serving in the
Philippines in the early 20th century.[38] The earliest recorded use is dated
1920.[39] Widely popularized by the Korean war and Vietnam War (1965–
73).
Oriental
(Predominantly U.S., used elsewhere) Refers to an East Asian person (of
the Orient) and/or their ethnicity; sometimes considered offensive.[40][41][42]
Yellow, Yellowman, or Yellowwoman
designating or pertaining to an East Asian person, in reference to those who
have a yellowish skin color.[43]
Nip
Offensive word for a Japanese person. From "Nippon", first used in World
War II.[44]
Latin American/Hispanic
Spic, spick, spik, spig, or spigotty
A person of Hispanic descent. First recorded use in 1915. Theories include
from "no spik English" (and spiggoty from the Chicano no speak-o t'e
English), but common belief is that it is an abbreviation of "Hispanic". Also
used for someone who speaks the Spanish language.
Brownie
Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native
American or Pacific Island descent.[33]
Wetback
A Latino person. Originally applied specifically to Mexican migrant
workers who had crossed the Rio Grande border river illegally to find work
in the United States, its meaning has since broadened.
Greaseball
(U.S.) Can be used to describe a person of Italian or Hispanic descent.[45]
Beaner
Term for Mexican, but can be used for Hispanics in general because of the
idea that all Hispanics are the same.
Greaser
(U.S.) Can be used to describe a person of Italian or Hispanic descent. Can
also be used to describe members of the 1950s subculture which Italians
were stereotyped to be a part of.
Tacohead
a Mexican person. This phrase is uttered by Willem Dafoe's character
(Charlie) in the film Born on the Fourth of July.[46]
Mediterranean/Southern Europe
Chocko
(Aus) a person of Mediterranean, Southern European, or Middle Eastern
descent. [47][48]
Dago
In the U.S., refers specifically to Italians. In UK and Commonwealth, may
refer to Italians, Spaniards, Portuguese, and potentially Greek peoples,
possibly derived from the Spanish name "Diego."
Greaseball, Greaser
In the U.S. especially, "greaseball" generally refers to a person of Italian
descent, while "greaser," though it may be used as a shortening of
"greaseball" to refer to Italians, has been more often applied to Hispanic
Americans or Mexican Americans. However, "greaseball" and, to a lesser
extent, "greaser," can also refer to any person of Mediterranean/Southern
European descent or Hispanic descent, including Greeks, Spaniards, and the
Portuguese, as well as Latin Americans.[49][50]
Kanake
(Ger) Used in 1960s Germany to refer to Southern European and
Mediterranean immigrants, increasingly used exclusively for Turkish
people.
Métèque
(Fr) Mediterranean or Middle Eastern immigrant, especially Italians.[51]
Wog
(Aus) Australian slur for the first wave of Southern European immigrants
and their descendants that contrasted with the dominant AngloSaxon/Anglo-Celtic colonial stock. Used mostly for Mediterraneans and
Southern Europeans, including the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, Macedonians,
Lebanese, Arabs, Croatians and Serbians.
South Asian/Indian
American-Born Confused Desi, or ABCD
(Asian Indians in U.S.): used for American-born South Asians including
Indian/ Pakistani/ Bangladeshi (mainly Indians as Indians are the largest
number of "South Asians") who are confused about their cultural identity.
This is often used humorously without any derogatory meaning.
Chee-chee
a Eurasian half-caste, probably from Hindi chi-chi fie!, literally, dirt.[52]
Paki
A racist term that is often applied to people of Pakistani or South Asian
descent. Its origins are commonly traced back to about 30 years ago, when
British hooligans used the term Paki-bashing to refer to the gang beating of
ethnic minorities.[citation needed]
Curry Muncher
used in Australia, Africa, New Zealand, and North America, it is a person
of Asian Indian origin.[53]
Hajji, Hadji, Haji
Used to refer to Iraqis, Arabs, Afghans, or Middle Eastern and South Asian
people in general. Derived from the honorific Al-Hajji, the title given to a
Muslim who has completed the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)
Malaun
Term for Hindus used in Bangladesh.
Brownie
Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native
American or Pacific Island descent.[33]
European
Bule
(Indonesia) White people; literally, "albino", but used in the same way that
"colored" might be used to refer to a black person to mean any white
person.[54]
Charlie
Mildly derogatory term used by African Americans, mainly in the 1960s
and 1970s, to refer to a white person (from James Baldwin's play, Blues For
Mister Charlie).[55]
Coonass or coon-ass
(U.S.) a Cajun; may be derived from the French conasse. May be used
among Cajuns themselves. Not considered to be derogatory in most
circumstances.
Cracker
(U.S.) Derogatory term for whites, particularly from the American South.[56]
Gringo
(The Americas) Non-Hispanic U.S. national. Hence Gringolandia, the
United States; not always a pejorative term, unless used with intent to
offend.[57]
Gubba
(AUS) Aboriginal (Koori) term for white people[58] – derived from
Governor / Gubbanah
Gweilo, gwailo, or kwai lo (鬼佬)
(Hong Kong and South China) A White man. Gwei means "ghost." The
color white is associated with ghosts in China. A lo is a regular guy (i.e. a
fellow, a chap, or a bloke). Once a mark of xenophobia, the word was
promoted by Maoists and is now in general, informal use.[59]
Honky (U.S.)
Offensive term for a white person.
Haole (Hawaii)
Usually not offensive, can be derogatory if intended to offend. Used by
modern-day Native Hawaiians to refer to anyone of European descent
whether native born or not. Use has spread to many other islands of the
Pacific and is known in modern pop culture.[60]
Mangia cake / cake (Canada)
A derogatory term used by Italian Canadians to disdainfully describe those
of Anglo-Saxon descent (from Italian, literally 'cake eater'). One suggestion
is that this term originated from the perception of Italian immigrants that
Canadian bread is sweet as cake in comparison to the rustic bread eaten by
Italians.[61]
Medigan / Amedigan (U.S.)
Similar to "mangia cake." A term used by Italian Americans to refer to
Americans of White Anglo Saxon Protestant descent, Americans with no
discernible ethnicity, or non-Italian Americans in general. Comes from
Southern Italian pronunciation of the Italian word "americano."
[62][63][64][65][66][67]
Ofay
(US) a white person, unknown etymology.[7][68]
Arkie
A person from the State of Arkansas, used during the great depression to
describe farmers from Arkansas looking for work else where.
Okie
A person from the State of Oklahoma, used during the great depression to
describe farmers from Oklahoma looking for work else where.
Peckerwood
(U.S.) a white person (southerner). This word was coined in the 19th
century by Southern blacks to describe poor whites.[69]
Native American
Timber Nigger
a Native American person, term used by whites in the U.S.[70]
Redskin
a Native American person, originated by Natives to describe themselves as
different from the "white man" and sometimes used now as an offensive
term[71]
(Red) Indian
only considered offensive by few, termed by Columbus due to the fact he
thought he arrived in India, and met their natives and their reddish skin
tone.[citation needed]
Prairie Nigger
used to describe Native Americans in the Great Plains.[72]
Injun
a corrupted version of the word "Indian".
Brownie
Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native
American or Pacific Island descent.[33]
Chug
(Canada) refers to an individual of aboriginal descent.[73] See Chugach for
the native people.
Squaw
(US and CAN) a female Native American.[74] Derived from lower East
Coast Algonquian (Massachuset: ussqua),[75] which originally meant
"young woman", but which took on strong negative connotations in the late
20th century. (The equivalent derisive for a male is "buck", and for a child,
"papoose".)
Pacific Islanders
Boonga / boong / bunga / boonie
(New Zealand) a Pacific Islander [alteration of boong].[76]
Brownie
Someone of Hispanic, Indian, and Arab, rarely used as someone of Native
American or Pacific Island descent.[33]
Hori
(New Zealand), an offensive term for a Māori (from the formerly common
Maorified version of the English name George).[77]
Individual ethnicities
Americans
Merkin
Internet slang for inhabitant of the United States of America.[78]
Yankee and Yank
First applied by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam to Connecticuters
and other residents of New England, possibly from Dutch Janke ("Johnny")
or from Jan Kees ("John Cheese").[79] Uncontracted, "Yankee" remains in
use in the American South in reference to Northerners; contracted, "Yank"
is employed internationally by speakers of British English in informal
reference to all Americans (first recorded 1778[79]).
Seppo and Septic
From Cockney rhyming slang, using the unrhymed word of "septic tank" in
reference to "Yank" above.
Northerners (America)
Yankee and Yank
First applied by the Dutch colonists of New Amsterdam to Connecticuters
and other residents of New England, possibly from Dutch Janke ("Johnny")
or from Jan Kees ("John Cheese").[79] Uncontracted, "Yankee" remains in
use in the American South in reference to Northerners; contracted, "Yank"
is employed internationally by speakers of British English in informal
reference to all Americans (first recorded 1778[79]).
White Southerners (America)
Cracker
(U.S.) Derogatory term for whites, particularly from the American South.[56]
Rebel
A reference to the Souths recession or "rebellion" from the rest of the
American Union.
Reb
A corruption of the word ethnic slur "Rebel". "Rebel" is a reference to the
Souths recession or "rebellion" from the rest of the American Union.
Redneck
Usually an insult to rural people or Southerners.
Hillbilly
Usually used to describe rural people or Southerners. It originated as a term
for farmers living in The Appalachian Mountains.
White Trash
An insult to describe the mainly white population of people who share a
rural or southern lifestyle.
Trailer Trash
An insult to describe a mainly white southern population, stereotyped to
live in trailer parks.
Hick
An insult to describe the mainly white population of people who share a
rural or southern lifestyle.
Bumpkin, Country Bumpkin, and Hillbilly Bumpkin
An insult to describe the mainly white population of people who share a
rural or southern lifestyle.
Good Ol' Boy
A term used to describe Southerners, typically white supremacist
southerners.
Peckerwood
In the 1940s, the abbreviated version "wood" entered California prison
slang, originally meaning an Okie mainly from the San Joaquin Valley.
This has caused the symbol of the woodpecker to be used by white power
skinheads and other pro-white groups. It is used as a slur against
southerners today.
Britons
Main article: Alternative names for the British
Limey
A predominantly North American and Australian slang nickname for
Britons, especially those from England.
Germans
Main article: List of terms used for Germans
Kraut
Since World War II, Kraut has, in the English language, come to be used as
a derogatory term for a German. This is probably based on sauerkraut,
which is popular in various South-German cuisines but traditionally not
prepared in North Germany.
Piefke
The Austrian ethnic slur for a German is Piefke. Like its Bavarian
counterpart Saupreiß (literally: sow-Prussian) the term Piefke historically
characterized the people of Prussia only.[80]
Marmeladinger
The term Marmeladinger (from Southern German/Austrian "Marmelade" =
jam [cook.]) has its origin in the trenches of World War I. While Austrian
infantry rations included butter and lard as spread German troops had to
make do with cheaper "Marmelade" as ersatz which they disdainfully called
"Heldenbutter" (Hero's butter) or "Hindenburgfett".[81]
Boches
Apheresis of the word alboche, which in turn is a blend of allemand (French
for German) and caboche (slang for head). Used mainly during the First and
Second World Wars, and directed especially at German soldiers.[82]
Chleuh
From the name of the Chleuh, a North African ethnicity — a term with
racial connotations. It also denotes the absence of words beginning in Schlin French. It was used mainly in World War II, but is also used now in a
less offensive way.
Mof
In Dutch the most common term for the German people, after the
regular/official one, is "mof". It is regarded as a derogative term, used
exclusively for Germans and reflected Dutch resentment of the German
occupation of the Netherlands during the Second World War.[83]
Irish
Bog-trotter or Bog Irish
Derogatory term for the Irish derived from Irish practice of peat
farming.[84][85]
Mick
Derogatory term for an Irishman in the U.S. and U.K. Like Mickey, Mike,
and Mikey, Mick is a common abbreviation or nickname for Micheal (in
English) or Mícheál (its equivalent in Irish), which are common names for
Irish males (such as Mick McCarthy).[86][87]
Paddy
Derogatory term for an Irish man, derived from a nickname for Pádraig, a
common Irish name for males after St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
The term is not always intended to be derogatory - for instance, it was used
by Taoiseach-in-waiting Enda Kenny in February 2011.[88]
Prod
Abbreviation for 'Protestant', especially Northern Ireland Protestants, often
used alongside 'Taig', in expressions such as 'both Taigs and Prods'; like
other such abbreviations everywhere, it is often used for convenience, or as
a friendly nickname, or as self-description, usually without any offense
being intended, and usually without any offense being taken.
Taig
derived from the Irish Gaelic forename Tadhg, often used to describe
Catholics in Northern Ireland. It often has implications of Republican
sympathy. It is often used alongside 'Prod', in expressions such as 'both
Taigs and Prods'.
Snout
Offensive term used in Northern Ireland to describe Protestants of British
descent living in Northern Ireland.[89]
Italians
Dago
(U.S.) A person of Italian descent.
Ginzo
(U.S.) an Italian-American.[90]
Goombah
An Italian male, especially an Italian thug or mafioso.
Greaseball
(U.S.) Can be used to describe a person of Italian or Hispanic descent.[91]
Greaser
(U.S.) Can be used to describe a person of Italian or Hispanic descent. Can
also be used to describe members of the 1950s subculture which Italians
were stereotyped to be a part of.
Guido
(US) An Italian-American male. Usually offensive. Derives from the Italian
given name, Guido. Used mostly in the Northeastern United States as a
stereotype for working-class urban Italian-Americans.[92]
Guinea
(U.S.) someone of Italian descent. (Derives from "Guinea Negro," was
called because of some Italians who had dark complexions)
Wog
(Aus) Australian slur for the first wave of Southern European immigrants
and their descendants that contrasted with the dominant AngloSaxon/Anglo-Celtic colonial stock. Used mostly for Mediterraneans and
Southern Europeans, including the Spanish, Italians, Greeks, Macedonians,
Lebanese, Arabs, Croatians and Serbians.
Wop
(U.S.) A racial term for anyone of Italian descent, derived from the Italian
dialectism, "guappo," close to "dude, swaggerer" and other informal
appellations, a greeting among male Neapolitans.[93][94] With Out
Passport/Papers or Working On Pavement are popular alternative
etymologies for the slur, supposedly derived from Italians that arrived to
North America as immigrants without papers and worked in construction
and blue collar work. These acronyms are dismissed as folk etymology or
backronyms by etymologists.
Lebanese
Lebo
(Chiefly Aus) Someone of Lebanese descent, usually a Lebanese
Australian.
Wog
(Aus) Australian slur for the first wave of Southern European immigrants
and their descendants that contrasted with the dominant AngloSaxon/Anglo-Celtic colonial stock. Originally used mostly for
Mediterraneans and Southern Europeans, including the Spanish, Italians,
Greeks, and Macedonians, expanded to include Mediterranean people of the
Middle East or Levantine, including the Lebanese.
Macedonians
Bulgaroskopian
(Greece) Used by Greeks when referring to the Macedonians in an attempt
to deny self-identification [95][96]
Macedonist
(Bulgaria) A derogatory term used by Bulgarians to identify Macedonians
[97]
Pseudomacedonian
(Greece) Used by Greeks to refer to the Macedonians in an attempt to deny
self-identification [98]
Skopjan or Skopjian, Skopiana or Skopianika
(Greece) A term used by Greeks to refer to Macedonians in an attempt to
deny self-identification[96][99][100][101][102][103][104][105]
Russians
Russki, Russkie
Sometimes disparaging when used by foreigners for "Russian",[106] although
in the Russian language, it is a neutral term which simply means an ethnic
Russian as opposed to a citizen of the Russian Federation.
Comrade, Commie
Terms used for Communists are sometimes used for Russians, since
Russians are stereotyped as Communists, because Russia was once a
Communist state.
Canadians
Canucks
A term used for Canadians, not considered very insulting.
Crossed Ethnicities
African-European
Mulatto
(Origin Americas) Mulatto is a term used to refer to a person who is born
from one white parent. The term is generally considered archaic by some
and inadvertently derogatory, especially in the African-American
community. The term is widely used in Latin America and Caribbean
usually without suggesting any insult. Historically in the American South,
the term mulatto was applied also at times to persons with an admixture of
Native Americans, and African Americans in general. In early American
history, the term mulatto was also used to refer to persons of Native
American and European ancestry.
Uncle Tom
(U.S. minorities) term for an African-American, Latino, or Asian who
panders to white people; a "sellout" (from the title character of Harriet
Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.)
Oreo
Africans that practice white culture, called this because they are "black on
the outside, white on the inside" according to users of the term.
Aunt Jemima / Aunt Jane / Aunt Mary / Aunt Sally / Aunt Thomasina
(U.S. Blacks) a black woman who "kisses up" to whites, a "sellout," female
counterpart of Uncle Tom (see also "Coconut" below).[107] Taken from the
popular syrup of the same name, where "Aunt Jemima" is represented as a
black woman.[108]
Afro-Saxon
(North America) A young white male devotee of black pop culture.[109]
Ann
A white woman to a black person, or a black woman who acts too much
like a white one. While Miss Ann, also just plain Ann, is a derisive
reference to the white woman, by extension it is applied to any black
woman who puts on airs and tries to act like Miss Ann.[110]
Wigger, Wegro
is a slang term for a white person who allophilically emulates mannerisms,
slangs and fashions stereotypically associated with urban African
Americans; especially in relation to hip hop culture.
Rhineland Bastard
was a derogatory term used in the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany to
describe Afro-German children of mixed German and African parentage,
who were fathered by Africans serving as French colonial troops occupying
the Rhineland after World War I.
Native American-African
Mulatto
(Origin Americas) Mulatto is a term used to refer to a person who is born
from one white parent. The term is generally considered archaic by some
and inadvertently derogatory, especially in the African-American
community. The term is widely used in Latin America and Caribbean
usually without suggesting any insult. Historically in the American South,
the term mulatto was applied also at times to persons with an admixture of
Native Americans, and African Americans in general. In early American
history, the term mulatto was also used to refer to persons of Native
American and European ancestry.
Zambo
are racial terms used in the Spanish and Portuguese Empires and
occasionally today to identify individuals in the Americas who are of mixed
African and Amerindian ancestry (the analogous English term, considered a
slur, is sambo).
Lobos
In Mexico, Black Native Americans are known as lobos (literally meaning
wolves), they formed a sizeable minority in the past.
Native American-European
Mulatto
(Origin Americas) Mulatto is a term used to refer to a person who is born
from one white parent. The term is generally considered archaic by some
and inadvertently derogatory, especially in the African-American
community. The term is widely used in Latin America and Caribbean
usually without suggesting any insult. Historically in the American South,
the term mulatto was applied also at times to persons with an admixture of
Native Americans, and African Americans in general. In early American
history, the term mulatto was also used to refer to persons of Native
American and European ancestry.
Apple
(North America) a Native American who is "red on the outside, white on
the inside." Used primarily by other Native Americans to indicate someone
who has lost touch with their cultural identity. First used in the 1970s.[111]
South Asian-European
American-Born Confused Desi, or ABCD
(Asian Indians in U.S.): used for American-born South Asians including
Indian/ Pakistani/ Bangladeshi (mainly Indians as Indians are the largest
number of "South Asians") who are confused about their cultural identity.
This is often used humorously without any derogatory meaning.
East Asian-European
Banana
(North America; UK; Malaysia) an East or Southeast Asian person living in
a Western country (e.g., an East Asian American) who is yellow on the
outside, white on the inside. Used primarily by East or Southeast Asians to
indicate someone who has lost touch with the cultural identity of his or her
parents.[112]
Pacific Islander/Latin American/South Asian/African-European
Coconut
(US) a person of Hispanic descent who is accused of acting 'white'.[113]
(US/SA) a black person who is accused of "trying to be white".[114][115]
(UK) a brown person of South Asian descent who has assimilated into
Western culture.[116][117][118]
(New Zealand/Australia) a Pacific Islander. Named after the coconut, the
nut from the coconut palm; in the American sense, it derives from the fact
that a coconut is brown on the outside and white on the inside (see also
"Oreo" above).[119]
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proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
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proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
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proposal to alter Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill.
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2016-01-29
Land Information NZ spokesman Chas Te Runa said there had been more than 25
submissions against each of the three proposals.
But he said the quantity of the objections wasn't really what mattered and the
board deciding on the changes would be looking at the reasons instead.
"If 100 people just say `I don't like this name', that's not what the board is after.
The board is after why," he said.
To whom it may concern
Why?
Because the intent isn't to insult. The intent is to name a location. And historically,
that's what it was called. That's what it is known by. And there is no need to
change it, especially as nigger isn't a bad word in a New Zealand historic context.
What next? Hori Bay? Hori Bay Road? At least that could be considered more
relative to our own situation.
In that case, can I also pitch in a name change for Len Brown Place?
Further, it is inconsistent with the Board's general approach where they try to go
back to original names rather than later ones. Mt Egmont becomes Mt Taranaki
again, for example.
My Maori isn't that flash (read: non-existent), but I suspect that there are going to
be quite a number of "objectionable" Maori names on streets, locations, streams,
bays and hills that are equally "inappropriate".
So let's leave Nigger related locations as they are. And reflect on our history as it is
reflected in our geography and place names, instead of hide it from future
generations.
Regards
Pete Belt
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proposal to alter Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: It is not helpful to only remember the nice bits
of our past. Remembering what we did can help prevent us repeat
our mistakes.
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==What is your submission==
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proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: It is not helpful to only remember the nice bits
of our past. Remembering what we did can help prevent us repeat
our mistakes.
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==What is your submission==
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proposal to alter Nigger Hill to Kānuka Hills.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: It is not helpful to only remember the nice bits
of our past. Remembering what we did can help prevent us repeat
our mistakes.
==Supporting evidence==
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==What is your submission==
Please make your submission by selecting one of the following
options and providing reasons for your choice: I object to the
proposal to alter Niggerhead to Tawhai Hill.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.:
The historical use of the Niggerhead name has primarily been
related to the unique plant (Carex secta) -sometimes referred to
as Pukio.. From the material I attach to support this submission
it can be shown that the common usage of Niggerhead as a
descriptive name never seemed to have the negative connotations
that are suggested to go with the name.. Over time the name just
related to the plant -and suggested that the local topography was
swampy. I would prefer to keep the name - as I am sure most map
users would never have given it a second thought - and would just
visualize the plant. However if a name change is to take place Then one of the names connected to the Carex secta -such as PUKIO
should be used to keep the connection that the original surveyor
or cartographer intended. Even CAREX SECTA should not be ruled
out - (a mountain not to far away has the Latin name of MONS SEX
MILLIA) I also believe the name retained in the Geodetic Database
for A8HG should remain as Trig H Niggerhead - as old survey
records will retain the name. I attach copies and source material
form old survey Fieldbook -as shown in the Book -Kairuri - The
Field Guide to Alpine Plants (J T Salmon) and a screenshot from a
Plant Nursery that sells the plants using Niggerhead - Pukio
naming .
I have worked with maps over a significant time - started with
Dept of Lands & Survey in 1962 - then with Dosli & Terralink.. as
Sureyor/Technician - doing map checking (verification) in the
field - from Mile to an Inch series to Topo 50.. I beleive the
descriptive and historic names add a lot to the wonderful map
resources of NZ - and names should be carefully preserved taking into account the context they have been used in -over
significant periods.
==Supporting evidence==
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2016-01-29
Please leave the three names as they are. I have written to you on this before but
maybe not on this link. My great grandfather was a full blooded Jamaican who
arrived in Canterbury sometime in the late 1880’s and had 13 children and a
multitude of direct descendants. The proposal is prissy woolly headed nonsense
partly i suspect to address Maori issues. I think “Steeleye” are a native of North
America and would have arrived after us Niggers!!!
Leave well alone and perhaps seek productive employment.
Yours hopefully
Maurice Burney
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Subject of your enquiry: Other
Query/comments:
Do not change nigger hill nigger stream and niggerhead place names in north
canterbury, they have historical relevance and is just ludicrous!!
How would you like your name changed!!!!!!!
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==What is your submission==
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options and providing reasons for your choice: I support the
proposal to alter Nigger Stream to Steelhead Stream.
You must provide reasons for your choice below. If you object to
the proposal, you may also suggest another name or support the
existing name.: I suggest a Maori name of Ngai Tahu significance.
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Sun 31/01/2016 10:34 a.m.
I am highly offended that this would even be given any consideration.
These place names are part of our history given by those who pioneered this land
so that we live in the comfort and economy of today.
As I read 'Stuff news page" I was gobsmacked that this name change was proposed
by one person. Who the hell do they think they are?
Darky creek and Nigger Hill should remain.
Don't you dare consider changing our history.
Generations will never now how to find the places they have been told about.
Researching our history will be for ever changed.
Pioneers routes will be lost because some racist faction decide it is offence to them.
DON'T YOU DARE GIVE IN TO RACISM.
With the hope that common sense will prevail
.
Debbie Bell
Sat 30/01/2016 4:59 p.m.
I appose changing these name as a cultural and historical attack on our colonial
heritage, I request the name stay as they are.
Alter existing recorded names
•
Kānuka Hills – alteration from ‘Nigger Hill’ in North Canterbury
•
Maunga Kākaramea – alteration from ‘Maungakakaramea’ and ‘Rainbow
Mountain’ near Rotorua
•
Steelhead Stream – alteration from ‘Nigger Stream’ in North Canterbury
•
Tawhai Hill – alteration from ‘Niggerhead’ in North Canterbury
•
Tokomairaro River – spelling correction from ‘Tokomairiro River’ in South
Otago
•
Tokomairaro River East Branch – spelling correction from ‘Tokomairiro
River East Branch’ in South Otago
•
Tokomairaro River West Branch – spelling correction from ‘Tokomairiro
River West Branch’ in South Otago.
Thank You
M Bunce
Mon 1/02/2016 4:35 p.m.
I see no need to change the names of those three places. They were named at a time
different to ours and it is history. Why should sections of the community be bale to
change something because it has now become offensive to a small section.
Regards
B.Fynn
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