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- This name refers to the cloud formations which helped early Polynesian navigators find the country.
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Jan 13, 2020 · Popular legend has it that "Aotearoa" means "Land of the long white cloud", but that's debatable. According to the Maori Dictionary, "Aotea" can refer to a variety of greenstone, Great Barrier ...
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As these and other lands were colonised, so too were their original place names, with the colonisers seeking to assert their authority and versions of history. Power, the politics of language and the naming of places are all closely related. As the old saying goes, “the namer of names is the father of all things”. Many European explorers preferred ...
Over the years there have been various petitions and attempts to change the name of New Zealand, including in 1895 a call to officially adopt“Māoriland”, already a common unofficial name for the country. When Abel Tasman sighted these well-populated shores in 1642, he called the place Staten Landin the belief it was somehow connected to an Isla de ...
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 south-west of the Netherlands. Forts in modern-day Taiwan and Guyana were also called Zeelandia by early Dutch explorers. When James Cook arrived in 1769, Nieuw Zeeland was anglicised to ...
By 1835, a number of iwi (tribes) engaged in international trade and politics were using the name “Nu Tireni” to describe New Zealand in their correspondence with Britain. Nu Tirene then appeared in the 1835 Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand, and then Te Tiriti o Waitangi in 1840. The Māori Legal Corpus, a digitised co...
The precise origin of the composite term “Aotearoa” is not known. But if we translate “Ao” as world, “tea” as bright or white, and “roa” as long, we have the common translation of “long bright world” or “long white cloud”. Sir George Grey used Aotearoa in his 1855 Polynesian Mythology, and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race, and in...
Whether enough New Zealanders want a formal change isn’t clear. A recent pollshowed a majority wanting to retain New Zealand, but a significant number interested in a combined Aotearoa New Zealand. Nor is there consensus on Aotearoa being the best alternative, with some debate about whether the name originally referred only to the North Islandand A...
Aotearoa was used for the name of New Zealand in the 1878 translation of "God Defend New Zealand", by Judge Thomas Henry Smith of the Native Land Court [20] —this translation is widely used today when the anthem is sung in Māori. [6]
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 south-west of the Netherlands....
Oct 6, 2021 · A Ngāi Tahu leader has called for a rethink on a movement to change New Zealand's official name to Aotearoa, saying it risks overlooking the South Island. Ngāi Tahu leader: Let’s not rush name change
Sep 19, 2020 · The English version of the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi has several references to the ‘Tribes of New Zealand’, ‘Chiefs of New Zealand’, ‘Natives of New Zealand’. The Māori version, it might be expected, would use the word Aotearoa, if it was in common usage. Instead it translates ‘New Zealand’ as ‘nu tirani’.
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 ...
