Adam & Megan: Our response for unfortunate billboard miss-spell

We all make mistakes ... some, bigger than others.

Unfortunately, that was the case for a large billboard on Tennyson Street in Napier, which misspelt the name of Central Hawke's Bay Town. 

The digital billboard boasted how Meridian powers the Bay ‘from Waipukaraua to Wairoa’.

Unfortunately for the company, Waipukurau only has two ‘As’, not four.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
If you're having trouble with your local names.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's not very tough. No, it's not a pain. Simply
sounded out and have a go. You'll be spelling fine.

Speaker 3 (00:13):
Just try it, Bro, w a I p u k
a r a U w a I p u k
u r a U.

Speaker 4 (00:22):
W a I p u k u r.

Speaker 5 (00:24):
A U w a I p u k u r
a U. See, it's not that difficult to do it.

Speaker 4 (00:31):
Just sound it out.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
W a I p u k u r a u
is the correct spelling for you. Or you could just
do the w a I at the start and then
have the other bits like.

Speaker 4 (00:42):
W A I. Then for whu doro it is her,
you spell bro.

Speaker 6 (00:51):
Okay, we are all sorted now.

Speaker 4 (00:54):
We've got it.

Speaker 6 (00:55):
We've got that