As a footnote, I think it is important to note that not only did Messier also give the name to the star cluster but he also, in 1769, published what today would probably be called a hagiography memoir where he was attempting to curry favour with the emperor at the time—Napoleon—when he linked the sighting of the great comet with the birth of the emperor. A neutral name in New Zealand? This is more relevant to us as a nation in 20th century Aotearoa New Zealand? This is where the National Party have taken the debate. They've also said that not only should we name it after 18th century French astronomers or that we should name it according to Greek traditions rather than our own Māori and Polynesian traditions—that somehow that is more relevant for us as a nation here in Aotearoa—but they've also shown just how small-minded they can be.