Our friends Harley and Lilian spent the weekend meandering down the South Island by car, before joining us in Invercargill. When they met up with us and said they had driven from Clinton to Gore, along the 'Presidential Highway', I was sure it was another example of NZ humour. “You’re putting me on, right?” Well, I didn’t really believe them until I saw the sign for myself. We drove back together from Invercargill to Dunedin and there it was. Of course, this time we were driving from Gore to Clinton, but it’s the same highway. Do you think the U.S. would name a highway after a New Zealand Prime Minister and his/her Deputy Prime Minister?
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Those two towns were, of course, called "Gore" and "Clinton" long before either of their namesakes were politicians... The road was indeed renamed the "Presidential Highway" for the humour value however. (And probably as well as a way to draw tourists down to two very un-touristy towns...)
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