Change of long-established town names can only cause confusion and resentment.

A good example of this is Edinburgh in Scotland.

I spent a lot of time there in the early 70s (navy Rosyth).

I talked to quite a few of the Edinburgh locals and they said they never liked the name and preferred the original name of ‘Dunedin', or it's nickname ‘Auld Reeky' (‘Old Smokey'.

Edinburgh is the conqueror's name for the city – Edwin's Borough – and not a Scottish name at all.

The conquest of Dunedin occurs more than 600 years ago and the new name hasn't been accepted by a lot of folk.

It's food for thought.

Change town names at your peril I say.

(P.S: Perhaps in 100 years' time they might have robots on the streets of Greerton fighting it out over the name of the town.)

Ken Jones, Katikati.