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Aotearoa (Māori: [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa]) [1] is the Māori-language name for New Zealand. The name was originally used by Māori in reference only to the North Island, with the whole country being referred to as Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu – where Te Ika-a-Māui means North Island, and Te Waipounamu means South Island. [2] In the pre-European era ...
Jan 13, 2020 · Kiwi bird warning sign in front of the city of Auckland, New Zealand. iStock. Popular legend has it that "Aotearoa" means "Land of the long white cloud", but that's debatable. According to the ...
Feb 5, 2018 · NZ / Flickr. New Zealand has been put on the map thanks to its unbelievably scenic landscapes, amiable locals and hobbit-related tourism. What a lot of people don’t know – both tourists and Kiwis themselves – is how the country came to be called New Zealand. As with all names, after a bit of research and reading, an interesting history ...
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Sep 19, 2020 · New Zealand he called Aotearoa. This meaning was further entrenched with W.P. Reeves’ 1898 history of New Zealand with the title Aotearoa. The Long White Cloud. James Cowan’s 1907 version is entitled New Zealand, or Ao-te-roa (The Long Bright World). Johannes Anderson, in the same year, published Māori Life in Aotea.
Dec 14, 2020 · In 2015, New Zealand's Parliament was in the middle of a fierce debate to change a part of our heritage, the national flag. But 110 years earlier, there was an argument over an even more ...
Nov 15, 2021 · It is said that Kupe’s wife Hine te apārangi first spotted signs of land when arriving in New Zealand for the first time, crying out “He ao! He ao! He ao tea roa!” meaning, ‘ A cloud! A ...
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The long white cloud Ao-tea-roa. Next. In 1898 the politician William Pember Reeves wrote an influential history of New Zealand, or Aotearoa, as Māori called it. This name refers to the cloud formations which helped early Polynesian navigators find the country.
