5 Jan 2026

NZ Place Names History

From Summer Times, 9:40 am on 5 January 2026

Why do our towns and cities have the names they do? Which ones come from Maori, which from settlers, and which have quirky stories behind them? Peter Dowling joins us to explore all this and more, with insights from his fascinating book New Zealand Place Names: Common, Contested and Curious Names from Aotearoa to Zalatown