Three-quarters of people surveyed have rejected the council's proposed new name for the old Phoenix carpark because it is too long.
The name, Te Papa O Ngā Manu Porotakataka, meaning "the place of circling birds", was chosen by Tauranga City Council staff and iwi advisors for the new urban park
created at the former Maunganui Rd carpark.
They expected it would naturally acquire a shortened nickname eventually.
When the name was presented to the council on November 20, councillors supported it but insisted on a last-minute public consultation against the advice of the staff who said it was not required by law and would have to be limited as the park was scheduled to be blessed on December 22.
The pared-back consultation has come under fire from some Mount Maunganui residents who felt it was poorly conceived and they should have been given a say far earlier in the process.
