Debate welcomed

I was so delighted to read that the Kirikiriroa council are having an open and constructive debate around the naming of the city and the other historical names within the boundaries.

The negative push back the council has received from some with no historical understanding or humane sensitivity is sad and regrettable; and I for one hope the past can be fully explored in a meaningful and sensitive way, and will go some way towards bringing a sense of justice and humanity to the history of this country.

Alice Hicks, Kihikihi