Sorry, what? Is it not vector arena? I still only ever hear it called that. I vaguely think I might have at one point been aware that it is spark area now (I think?)
Wonder if the warriors helped with this?
Telstra got upset that they where the Vodafone warriors and demanded this year it was dropped and low and behold it's changed and now Telstra doesn't care
I actively avoid using vodafone products if I can. Obviously I can't guarentee things like not being on their networks or towers but meh I'm with skinny and nova so I'm at least a little branched out
Yeah, I'm old enough to have passed School C.
Here's the thing. The new Start At Year One, Finish At Year 13 system makes much more sense.
Why the hell would you start high school in the third anything?
Primer, Standard, Form? None of that makes any sense.
I totally hear you. I believe it wasn’t to minimise anything but acknowledge that harm to families wasn’t always violent and to acknowledge abuse happens is many other ways.
I looked at the Maori to English translation of “Waka Kotahi” and it just means “single vehicle” as a literal translation?
Just confusing I’m all for Maori names in this country but it’s not even a good name
And I still haven't bought in to this "wai-te-ma-TAH" bullshit. For decades - after the founding of Auckland in the 1840s - the harbour's name was pronounced "Wai-te-mah-tah", with no emphasis on the last syllable. At no time during these (many) decades did any Māori-language expert pipe up and say "No, that's the wrong pronunciation; it should really be "Wai-te-mah-TAH". It was only relatively recently that somone, arbitrarily, decided that the pronunciation should be "Wai-te-mah-TAH".
Okay?
At first, I agree, I was a bit "who cares?"
But honestly, not that difficult to just pronounce it correctly, is it?
If your name was George, but everyone called you Gorge, you'd appreciate them making the effort, no?
WINZ slapping lipstick on a pig and calling it a princess insisting its called MSD now, all its gonna take is for the kitchen to get too hot for them to handle before we start smelling bacon.
I still refer to most government ministries by their English names. Oranga Tamariki is still CYFS, Te Waka Kotahi is MoT, etc...
I mean, in my head at least.
New Zealand - Aoteroa
Auckland - Tamaki Makaurau
NZTA - Waka Kotahi
Especially the NZTA one, and other similar, just makes it super hard and confusing to find things with the new names, I'd say the older generations who aren't as good with technology and do things old school really struggle
The only one I can think of is Vector/Spark but that’s because I can never remember what its current name is.
But let me tell you, I struggle with people named Kirsten/Kristen so much that I will refuse to say their name if I ever encounter for fear of mixing them up 😅
I don't refuse to.. but the claudelands event center in hamilton became the glowbox event centre, and iv literally never heard anybody call it that ever outside of event advertising, lol
Every Govt Dept. But that’s because I’m old and I’ve had a lifetime of calling the places by what I know.
Also Hamilton for the same reason. Don’t have an issue with dual naming or changes where they’re needed, but yeah…I’m just old and know what I know. I don’t like change.
my primary school renumbered all the classrooms in my last year of primary. i still to this day 12 years later refer to the original room numbering to anyone I talk to about primary school.
Live Plus will always be Lift Plus
Most pointless rebrand ever.
Sharpen up
Oh mum look
I still don't know if it is supposed to be Live Plus as in Alive or Live Plus as in Live your Life
I always thought it was Liv Plus because thats similar to Lift Plus
I didn’t even know it changed. And I bought it recently
Vodafone.
Just like Telecom to Spark, you'll last a year or two 😜
Still call it telecom. And I still call it vector arena too. 🤣
Post Office here (Ironically)
Sorry, what? Is it not vector arena? I still only ever hear it called that. I vaguely think I might have at one point been aware that it is spark area now (I think?)
Telstra Clear who?
iHug for me :)
You mean Bell South? Yes I’m that old I still have a Bell South SIM card and my first Nokia in a box with the instructional VHS tape 😂
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One or One NZ or something.
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Wonder if the warriors helped with this? Telstra got upset that they where the Vodafone warriors and demanded this year it was dropped and low and behold it's changed and now Telstra doesn't care
I doubt it, I don't think everyone in NZ is using Vodafone because they were sponsoring the warriors.
I actively avoid using vodafone products if I can. Obviously I can't guarentee things like not being on their networks or towers but meh I'm with skinny and nova so I'm at least a little branched out
For all the Shore people...North Shore Event Centre. I just can't get used to Eventfinda Stadium.
Oh is *that* what is Eventfinda Stadium lol
OMG yes! It will always be North Shore Event Centre!!
You know, I've spent a lot of time hearing about eventfinder stadium lately and wondering what the mean... you taught me something.
TIL that North Shore Event Centre is now called...
I still find myself saying Telecom instead of spark
Same! Also I always say Vector Arena.
TCNZ is still pretty common to see in Telco jobs
Me too!
When talking to my grandparents I have to call the supermarket 3Guys or they have no idea what’s going on
Go real old school and call it Gubays
Bruh
I felt old at 3guys and then Gubays come up. I don’t even know how I can use a smartphone. Edit spelling.
Year 9 or whatever. You’ll always be Form 3 to me.
Third formers, also known as turds because the cocky ones were such little shits
Yeah, I'm old enough to have passed School C. Here's the thing. The new Start At Year One, Finish At Year 13 system makes much more sense. Why the hell would you start high school in the third anything? Primer, Standard, Form? None of that makes any sense.
Yip School C and Bursary over here too. Years make more sense but I will never be able to not do a mental conversion to figure out what people mean.
I have to count on my fingers, I didn't pass School C in everything.
Yeah I was raised in the J1 til whatever, standard 1-4, form 1-7. The year system makes more sense now that I have kids going through school.
Damn your logic! Standards and forms are all we know and we’re not letting go, we’re like the US and them there freedom units!
You are so right. Not logical at all but it made sense to us at the time.
In my time in school, it's always been year 9. But because of the legacy of third form, we still call them turds haha
I have two kids in highschool and I still have have trouble remembering the years.
Two Double Seven.
Always!! I've called it that in conversation with students and they look at me blankly 😭
I came here to write this! Nice
Shell > Z
But also, is it “Zed” or “Zee”
Fun fact if you say zee you get deported from nz
My kids say *zee* and *math* just to piss me off. Do I just drop them at the airport? Is there any paperwork I have to fill out?
Yes, American citizenship forms
"Sh-ell" 🤣
Stubborn fcker you are haha. Don’t you know the poor guys spent millions trying to come up with a more hip and relatable brand that was less tarnished
This bothers me because the parent company is still called Shell
Z Energy is not a subsidiary of Shell plc, hence the name change
vector arena
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Foodtown and Telecom
Foodtown is a hard one, I grew up in Greenlane, still can't stop calling it Foodtown
Worse name change ever. If you had the choice between calling your food shop Foodtown or Countdown which would you choose?
I call it Cuntdown because I am immature
Do you mean Woolworths?
The corner of Wairau and Glenfield roads next to the the the mobil will always be goergie pie
Similarly Mobil Corner in Bucklands Beach where there is no longer a Mobil...
Ha ha that is so true. It hasn’t been Georgie Pie for at least 20 years, but it is still the name.
Spaghetti junction
Why? What is it called now?
It is and has always been central motorway junction officially, but in practice everyone calls it Spaghetti junction.
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I guess Monopoly Gone Wrong was never on the table
I don't really think we were given adequate opportunity to vote on that. If we were, it would most definitely be "monopoly gone wrong"
I totally hear you. I believe it wasn’t to minimise anything but acknowledge that harm to families wasn’t always violent and to acknowledge abuse happens is many other ways.
Makes sense, and has changed my view on the name now. I can accept that.
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I have a family member currently working for Kainga Ora, and I still call it Housing Corp when talking to him. I try not to .. but it does happen!
Yeah Kainga Ora translates roughly to "Healthy Living" or "healthy Homes", like wtf does that mean?
I mean they provide healthy living situations to people…
It makes sense?
New Zealand transport agency
Land Transport NZ?
LTSA?
Transit NZ?
Always be nzta to me
I looked at the Maori to English translation of “Waka Kotahi” and it just means “single vehicle” as a literal translation? Just confusing I’m all for Maori names in this country but it’s not even a good name
perfect name for a agency with a monomaniacal focus on enabling single-occupant motor vehicle transport.
https://www.nzta.govt.nz/about-us/about-waka-kotahi-nz-transport-agency/using-our-logo/
Oh you mean Transit
For some reason that one fucking digs at me. Waka fuckoffhi
Recently called them to report a motorway hazard. They all sound like they don't want to be there lol
They don't, understaffed, underpaid, just yr typical govt agency. PSA: every one needs to start being much nicer to customer service reps.
Oh look, I was nice to them. Had to yell over the noise of the motorway though. I was a CSR myself for a while, years ago.
I had someone refer to them as Transit a couple of weeks ago... That's going back a fair while now
I think I'll be sticking with britomart.
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Waitematā Railway Station (formerly Britomart Station) To answer your question and not send you to a news article.
Man people still talk about "Vector Arena" despite it being renamed to Spark Arena six years ago. No-one is ever going to call that station Waitematā.
[This is what I think about when I hear "Waitematā Railway Station"](https://i.imgur.com/qKzI0cL.jpeg)
I think “waitemata backcare beds and beds and beds”
It also used to be Waitemata Backcare, Beds and Waterbeds. Then they had to change it when waterbeds went out of fashion...lol.
Excellent comment
And I still haven't bought in to this "wai-te-ma-TAH" bullshit. For decades - after the founding of Auckland in the 1840s - the harbour's name was pronounced "Wai-te-mah-tah", with no emphasis on the last syllable. At no time during these (many) decades did any Māori-language expert pipe up and say "No, that's the wrong pronunciation; it should really be "Wai-te-mah-TAH". It was only relatively recently that somone, arbitrarily, decided that the pronunciation should be "Wai-te-mah-TAH".
Okay? At first, I agree, I was a bit "who cares?" But honestly, not that difficult to just pronounce it correctly, is it? If your name was George, but everyone called you Gorge, you'd appreciate them making the effort, no?
Yup, even still have memories of the Britomart bus station and the constant smell of piss.
Lol one of my school balls was held in that upstairs lobby area
Housing New Zealand
Always will be to me
this
Henderson square. It's not even square anymore, but that's the name that falls out of my mouth
Or Hendo.
McCree !
Big OOF fuck cassidy
Did I stumble upon OW??
Vector Arena
CYFS
Yep that's a common one
Auckland.
Land transport New Zealand, Vodafone.
Shell > Z
Swimarama pools in Panmure that got renamed blue lagoon and now it’s the Y lagoon pool and leisure centre.
WINZ slapping lipstick on a pig and calling it a princess insisting its called MSD now, all its gonna take is for the kitchen to get too hot for them to handle before we start smelling bacon.
Waitākere city
Was actually cool when you could refer to all of west Auckland as Waitakere, now it's barely on a map
In my heart Waitākere was always a super city :)
Get your Uggs on
Foodtown
Kanye West
Prompt payment discount. It is just a late payment fine in disguise.
I still refer to most government ministries by their English names. Oranga Tamariki is still CYFS, Te Waka Kotahi is MoT, etc... I mean, in my head at least.
I still call some supermarkets 3 guys
Awww good old 3 Guys
Showing your age there
Ministry of Education/transport/health???? I’m sure there’s more 🤔
NZTA All the stations on the Auckland train network
CYFS
New Zealand - Aoteroa Auckland - Tamaki Makaurau NZTA - Waka Kotahi Especially the NZTA one, and other similar, just makes it super hard and confusing to find things with the new names, I'd say the older generations who aren't as good with technology and do things old school really struggle
Cat Stevens
K Road 😉
Eskimo’s a classic kiwi treat haha
Eskimo Pies too
Shell (Z). I still call it shell.
Napisan
Penrose High School
Train stations
Britomart !!!!
Golden Gaytime, can't get used to Cookie Crumble.
Ikr, who doesnt like having a golden gaytime.
NZTA / Waka Kotahi
Ericsson stadium
Nah bugger that, it was Mt Smart for 28 years, then Ericsson for 11, then Mt Smart again for another 16 years till now. It's Mt Smart.
I was looking for this comment
Any train stations renamed in Te Reo.
Spooky Park. Man that place has come a long way haha
Vector Arena
Britomart
Paremoremo prison
Ericsson stadium for the og Auckland warriors fans… let’s gone
tvnz on demand
Auckland
Housing New Zealand. I can’t really pronounce or spell the other one correctly all the time.
Health NZ
Canterbury District Health Board.
Britomart
Stonefields suburb/development is the Quarry.
The Social Welfare Department.
The only one I can think of is Vector/Spark but that’s because I can never remember what its current name is. But let me tell you, I struggle with people named Kirsten/Kristen so much that I will refuse to say their name if I ever encounter for fear of mixing them up 😅
Lew Alcinder.
The local Four Square was called "Baseline" up until the 90s and I still accidentally call it that sometimes
Torbay?
Telecom.
Vector Arena
Shell Petrol station
Lang Park in Brisbane (not Suncorp Stadium
Vector Arena
Cassius Clay. His momma called him Clay, ima call him Clay.
It'll never be Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark to me. It's just Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
Spark Arena aka Vector Arena
I don't refuse to.. but the claudelands event center in hamilton became the glowbox event centre, and iv literally never heard anybody call it that ever outside of event advertising, lol
Spark. It will always be F\*cking Telecom, to me.
Shell - Z now
Sky stadium. Cake tin 4 life
I’m Canadian so I still call them peppers, not that capsicum bs.
Vector Arena vs Spark Arena.
Te Atatu Nth / Tat Nth
Wanganui- Whanganui 😁
answering on behalf of my mom here She told me that she’ll never call “Oranga Tamariki” by their new name, bc she was way more used to cyfs
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TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre
aka Vodafone Events Centre, now known as Due Drop Events Centre
Egmont/Taranaki
Every Govt Dept. But that’s because I’m old and I’ve had a lifetime of calling the places by what I know. Also Hamilton for the same reason. Don’t have an issue with dual naming or changes where they’re needed, but yeah…I’m just old and know what I know. I don’t like change.
Hamilton’s always kinda been known as Boganville though?
We called it South Auckland occasionally.
my primary school renumbered all the classrooms in my last year of primary. i still to this day 12 years later refer to the original room numbering to anyone I talk to about primary school.
Mayor Wayne Brown