4 May 2023

Spoken Feature Nau Mai Town: Petone

From Afternoons, 3:35 pm on 4 May 2023

It's a seaside town in Wellington and back in 1840 the New Zealand Company migrant ship the AURORA arrived at Petone Beach. With a population of just over eight thousand Petone is home to Jackson street with it's niche design stores and a popular water spring. Justine Murray joins Liz Mellish to talk about the proper name, Pito-One, that's coming up on Nau Mai Town, a series about Aotearoa place names.

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