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Why did new zealand got ists first name aoteroa? |
Travel Info Why did new zealand got ists first name aoteroa? Travel Tips Aotearoa is the name used by modern day Maori for New Zealand. It is popularly translated to mean 'Land of the Long White Cloud'; although a more accurate translation would be 'Land of the Long Clear Day' or the 'Long White World'. Interestingly, it was not the name given to New Zealand by the original Maori settlers. The name 'Aotearoa', used to describe the whole of New Zealand, was popularised in a Department of Education's School Journal in 1916 (compiled by Stephenson Percy Smith - a European), which told the story of Kupe, one of the first Maori to arrive in New Zealand from Polynesia. Given the romantic nature of the story, the name - Aotearoa - gradually gained popular usage and has now transplanted the names which were actually given to various parts of New Zealand by Maori. Early Maori never viewed New Zealand as a single country in the way we do today and so they would not have named it as such. In the pre-European era, Maori had no name for the country as a whole. They had come from islands and viewed New Zealand in the same way, naming each of the islands of New Zealand separately. Today both English and Maori are official languages of New Zealand/Aotearoa and so both names are recognised. Source(s): Various parts extracted from 'The Penquin History of New Zealand' by Michael King. Michael King is recognised in New Zealand as one of the foremost and respected New Zealand historians. Now sadly deceased. Other Travel Tips "How did New Zealand get its orginal name, Aotearoa?" Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. The Maori are recognised as the native people of NZ so their name for the country is recognised. Aotearoa means 'the land of the long white cloud' http://www.rotoruanz.com/information/abo... http://www.backpack-newzealand.com/artic... |
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