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Taranaki has entered 2021 hoping to move forward from the adversities covid brought in the previous year.
While industry insiders hope to leave any covid-related hardships in 2020, they are quite literally prepared for the worst.
Tara Shaskey reports. As countries begin rolling out vaccinations in a step towards ending the global coronavirus pandemic, Taranaki’s industry players are sitting tight, cautiously optimistic 2021 will be without the adversities of last. Even though the uncertainty looms, hotelier Daniel Fleming says his business learnt a lot during lockdown and is now better prepared to deal with the virus. “There’s no doubt we’re better performers all round, probably running more efficient businesses and that s something covid’s taught us,” the co-owner and general manager of King and Queen Hotel Suites says.
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Taranaki Maunga s name has been restored, but there are still many Egmonts in place names and organisations around the region.
Now that Egmont has been discarded as a name for Taranaki Maunga, it seems likely that businesses, club and landmarks using the name will also start reviewing their use of the title. Taranaki’s mountain is now known only as Taranaki Maunga, and the national park as Te Papakura o Taranaki (which translates as ‘a place to learn and a place for recreation’), following an agreement reached in December 2019 between Ngā Iwi o Taranaki and the Crown as a result of Treaty of Waitangi negotiations.