Talk:Weka (disambiguation)

The inhabitants of the Chatham Islands, part of New Zealand, call themselves "Weka" after the bird Weka, in opposite to "Kiwi" which in their opinion usually refers to people of the other parts of New Zealand.

Should therefore

   Weka (people)

be added to the list?

References:

• "people born on Chatham Island call themselves “Weka”, as opposed to “Kiwi” for people born on the New Zealand mainland."

• "And while mainlanders are known as Kiwis, Chatham Islanders call themselves Wekas, after the bolshy native bird seen all over Rekohu."

• "... the fact that Chatham Islanders self-identify as Weka, where mainlanders call themselves Kiwi."

• "Chatham Islanders call themselves 'Weka's in the same way that New Zealanders call themselves 'Kiwis'." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C0:8F11:9001:3DFB:34E5:C32E:28C8 (talk) 09:26, 2 February 2022 (UTC)