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After the adoption of the name New Zealand (anglicised from Nova Zeelandia [18]) by Europeans, one name used by Māori to denote the country as a whole was Niu Tireni, [19] [note 1] a respelling of New Zealand derived from an approximate pronunciation.
Jan 13, 2020 · It was Stephenson Percy Smith, a 19th century ethnologist and the historian William Pember Reeves who popularised the view that "Aotearoa" was the name Polynesians gave to New Zealand.
Nov 15, 2021 · Why Referring to New Zealand as Aotearoa Is a Meaningful Step for Travelers. The Māori Party has launched a petition to revert to the country's original name. Māori authors Stacey and Scotty...
Feb 5, 2018 · New Orleans is named after the French town of Orleans. Even Nova Scotia is Latin for New Scotland! Take a look at how New Zealand came by its name, and learn a little bit of the history of this brilliant little island nation.
- Joe Coates
New Zealand [a] is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the South Island (Te Waipounamu)—and over 700 smaller islands.
Oct 6, 2021 · Māori on the first map. Our country was not named directly after the link between land and sea, but rather after the Dutch place that already had this name — specifically, Zeeland in the...
Oct 28, 2024 · They called the land Aotearoa, which legend holds is the name of the canoe that Kupe, the first Polynesian in New Zealand, used to sail to the country; the name Aotearoa is now in widespread use as the local Maori name for the country.
