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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]
Many of New Zealand's cities and towns are known by various aliases, slogans, sobriquets, and other nicknames to the general population at either the local, regional, national or international level, often due to marketing campaigns and widespread usage in the media.
Detail from a 1657 map showing the western coastline of Nova Zeelandia (on this map, north is at the bottom). The first European visitor to New Zealand, Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, named the islands Staten Land, believing they were part of the Staten Landt that Jacob Le Maire had sighted off the southern end of South America.
Aotearoa – the common Te Reo Māori name for New Zealand since the early 20th century; previously a Te Reo Māori name for the North Island. Usually glossed as Land of the Long White Cloud. From ao: cloud, tea: white, roa: long; Aramoana – Te Reo Māori for "pathway to (or beside) the sea" Arapōhue – Te Reo Māori for "path of the ...
However, Graeme Ball, the chair of the New Zealand History Teachers' Association, said the new curriculum was "not pushing an agenda or a single narrative". [36] In a discussion on the webpage of the New Zealand Historical Association, historians expressed concerns about the draft as well as acknowledging strengths of the document.
Pages in category "Short stories set in New Zealand" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book was written by missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815, and is the first book written in the Māori language. Contact with Europeans led to a sharing of concepts. The Māori language was first written down by Thomas Kendall in 1815, in A korao no New Zealand.
The NewZealand Story (ニュージーランドストーリー, Nyū Jīrando Sutōrī) is a platform game developed and released in arcades by Taito in 1988. The concept and setting were inspired by a holiday trip in New Zealand by one of the Taito programmers.