Talk:Kerikeri

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Kia ora!

Kerikeri people are often asked by tourists about the origin of the local ''''Kerikeri slogan'''' "It's So Nice They Named It Twice ". In the early 1980s, an anonymous backpacker visiting Kerikeri wrote those words in the Visitors' Book at the Kerikeri Youth Hostel where he or she had stayed the night. (Presumably the slogan was inspired by that of New York, New York.)

Moriori: (Google does not reveal any evidence for that [last] statement. The local visitors book DOES exist.)

I'm sure it does. And its quite possible the tourist hadn't heard the New York version before he/she visited your charming NZ town. It's even possible that the epithet originated there, though I doubt it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22So+Nice+They+Named+It+Twice%22&btnG=Google+Search

The phrase gets used for lots of things, including Walla Walla, WA and Navy NCIS. :-)

––wwoods 03:22, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)

My point was and is that there is NO reference in Goggle to anywhere else, including New York, being "It's so nice......" before that slogan was adopted by Kerikeri. I am aware some other places are NOW referred to as such. There is no basis for your presumption, namely "(Presumably the slogan was inspired by that of New York, New York.) and that's why I deleted. Cheers. Moriori 03:52, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)

There aren't many webpages dating back to before the early '80s, so Google is kind of out of luck. It's certain that people have been playing with the double name for a long time:

The (first) song New York, New York (song) dates back to 1946.

Earthman, Come Home (1955) by James Blish includes the following dialogue:

"... in return I owe you the answer; are you good at riddles?"

"Riddles?"

"Raetseln," Amalfi translated.

"Oh––conundrums. No, but I can try."

"What city has two names twice?"

Evidently Specht did not need to be good at riddles to come up with the answer to that one. His jaw dropped. "You're N____" he began.

Amalfi held up his hand in the conventional Okie FYI sign: "For your information only." Specht gulped and nodded. ...

Talk:New York, New York: One of the reasons that the song is called New York, New York is that the city is called New York, New York. It's not just a matter of catchy repetition, though I'm sure that's part of it too. I hate to propagate a ridiculous slogan like this, but it's also the reason why New York is sometimes called "the city so nice (or so great, or so big) they had to name it twice". -- Cjmnyc 20:47, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

List of city nicknames#Cities in the United States [snip]

• New York, New York [snip] The City So Nice They Named It Twice

Tourist brochure or encyclopedia?

The article reads more like a tourist brochure than an encyclopedia entry. Alan Liefting 09:24, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes, there is no information like population etc. Maybe a Kerikeri local could provide some appropriate facts. Msmi121 22:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Population data has been added Kotukunui 04:36, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

Some one should warn of the crime rate and the potential risk to tourists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.89.244.154 (talk) 07:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)

Kemp House and the Stone Store.

I thought these deserved their own articles. So I did them. Winstonwolfe 04:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

--Ko Kiri ahau (talk) 10:05, 5 November 2011 (UTC)Name Kerikeri and Pronunciation:

In your article you say it's pronounced Keddikeddi or Kiddekidde but commonly called KerryKerry. This isn't correct. Pakeha or those who don't know how to pronounce it properly call it Kerrykerry. The maori pronunciation is Kerikeri (with the R rolled). It is not a D at all. --Ko Kiri ahau (talk) 10:05, 5 November 2011 (UTC)