I'd like to add my opinion with Peri Kohu (The Sun, ‘Naming of beach a sandy issue'), as to why we need to change the name of Otumoetai beach. My grandparents arrived in Otumoetai in 1922 and I've lived here all of my life.
My family used this beach all of the time while we were growing up and I'd find it very difficult to call the beach by any other name.
Commission a plaque, create a statue or artwork to acknowledge the late Dame Evelyn Stokes' work if need be, but don't change our beach's name.
Ayleen Walker, Omokoroa.