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From: Christine Richards <>
Subject: Fw: [NZ] Patea Street
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 05:54:40 +1300


For those of you wondering who Mt Somers was named after - here is
Rachel's reply, so she gets the chocolate fish.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Willoughby" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [NZ] Patea Street


> Hi Christine,
> Its named after Bishop Somers (from Wises NZ Index 1945)
>
>
>
> From Rachel W in Hokitika,N.Z
>
>
>
>
> From: Christine Richards <>
> To:
> Subject: Re: [NZ] Patea Street
> Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:23:23 +1300
>
> I should know this Kate cos it's in my neck of the woods
> (Mid-Canterbury/Ashburton District) and my ancestors came from there -
but I
> don't. Hopefully some knowledgeable person on this List will inform us
> both.
>
> Cheers
> Christine
> Ashburton, NZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kate Mahony" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 7:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [NZ] Patea Street
>
>
> > Speaking of place names, I wonder Mary if you are able to look up
what
> > or who Mt Somers (South Island) was named for? I have not been able
to
> > find this out when I did a Google search. Much appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Kate
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: legarthm [mailto:]
> > Sent: Monday, 29 November 2004 6:08 p.m.
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: [NZ] Patea Street
> >
> > The N.Z. Encyclopaedia, ( mine was printed about 1966, ) says that
> > Captain
> > Cook named the mountain after the Earl of Egmont, in 1770.
> > I suppose it was named for the same reasons that there are so many
> > English
> > place names in N.Z.
> > My guess is, that immigrants could not pronounce the Maori names,
or,
> > they
> > knew better, or most probably just did not think it mattered to the
> > indigenous people.
> > Mary
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Murphy" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 4:59 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NZ] Patea Street
> >
> >
> > > Who gave the English permission to change it in the first place
and
> > who
> > was
> > > Egmont?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "BP Patea" <>
> > > To: <>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 12:50 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [NZ] Patea Street
> > >
> > >
> > > > It still is Mt Egmont Kate, it has dual official names which
are
> > both
> > > used.
> > > >
> > > > Olivia
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Kate Mahony" <>
> > > > To: "'BP Patea'" <>;
> <>
> > > > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:34 AM
> > > > Subject: RE: [NZ] Patea Street
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Also note that Egmont was the name commonly used for Mt
Taranaki
> > up
> > > > > until the 1980s or so.
> > > > > Kate
> > > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: BP Patea [mailto:]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, 29 November 2004 9:10 a.m.
> > > > > To:
> > > > > Subject: Re: [NZ] Patea Street
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Lyall,
> > > > >
> > > > > there is Egmont Street in Patea which is the road running
through
> > the
> > > > > township or taranaki road which carries on from Egmont Street
> > heading
> > > > > north.
> > > > > (state highway)
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > Olivia
> >
> >
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