Talk:Far Far North
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Very northern region in the south
[edit]Oceania > New Zealand > North Island > Northland > Far Far North. Is it me or is this a little over the top with the name and region path. Traveler100 (talk) 05:32, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Although an obscure thing to love, I've always loved that breadcrumb trail ;) --Peter Talk 05:47, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Coincidentally, I was just noticing the same page. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 06:16, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Or perhaps not coincidentally, as I think I ended up there via Special:RecentChanges. -- AndreCarrotflower (talk) 06:17, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- I love the opening sentence: "The Far Far North is the northernmost district of Northland in the North Island of New Zealand." JamesA >talk 06:20, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Well, it's a long skinny country that runs from south to north, with a population that is very prosaic when it comes to naming regions. It runs from Southland in the south of the South Island, up past the West Coast and the East Coast to Northland in the north of the North Island. As long as you have a compass in the daytime and can see the Southern Cross at night, you can't get lost. Actually that breadcrumb trail is the new short one that has been there for 2-3 months. The one that for years Peter loved even more was Oceania > New Zealand > North Island > Northland > Far North > Far Far North. It was officially the Far Far North ward of the Far North district. Over the top or not, you can only blame the local government bodies. However, the Far North District Council, recklessly throwing prosaicness aside, has now renamed the ward Te Hiku. I'm not sure how much that name has entered popular usage yet though. But if there is a serious objection to the erstwhile official name of Far Far North, then Te Hiku would be one contender to replace it. However, having already shortened the breadcrumb trail, I'm not sure we can shorten that any further. Nurg (talk) 10:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Was not objecting to the name, just though it was worth a comment. Was not clear from the article that Far Far North is the official name, I just thought it was the author having fun with naming.--Traveler100 (talk) 18:00, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Well, it's a long skinny country that runs from south to north, with a population that is very prosaic when it comes to naming regions. It runs from Southland in the south of the South Island, up past the West Coast and the East Coast to Northland in the north of the North Island. As long as you have a compass in the daytime and can see the Southern Cross at night, you can't get lost. Actually that breadcrumb trail is the new short one that has been there for 2-3 months. The one that for years Peter loved even more was Oceania > New Zealand > North Island > Northland > Far North > Far Far North. It was officially the Far Far North ward of the Far North district. Over the top or not, you can only blame the local government bodies. However, the Far North District Council, recklessly throwing prosaicness aside, has now renamed the ward Te Hiku. I'm not sure how much that name has entered popular usage yet though. But if there is a serious objection to the erstwhile official name of Far Far North, then Te Hiku would be one contender to replace it. However, having already shortened the breadcrumb trail, I'm not sure we can shorten that any further. Nurg (talk) 10:30, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
- Officially, the three wards of the Far North District are Te Hiku Ward, Kaikohe/Hokianga Ward, and Bay of Islands/Whangaroa Ward. They do get referred to as North, West and East wards, but there is no "Far Far North Ward". Just at the moment there's a debate over how many local bodies there should be in Northland, so who knows what it will look like in a few years time. However, the part of the proposal which suggests dividing the Far North into subdivisions calls the northernmost part "North Cape".-Muscles (talk) 23:19, 15 April 2013 (UTC)