Posted on Aug 6, 2022
New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past
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New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past
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..."On what the word Aotearoa means
It is indicative or prescriptive of the long white cloud of the island as it's depicted often, and the weather that we have down at the end of the world.
But most importantly, it reflects indigenously who we are, and that we are, in fact, in the Pacific, that we are an island nation, and we're not in any way connected to the origins of New Zealand."...
..."On what the word Aotearoa means
It is indicative or prescriptive of the long white cloud of the island as it's depicted often, and the weather that we have down at the end of the world.
But most importantly, it reflects indigenously who we are, and that we are, in fact, in the Pacific, that we are an island nation, and we're not in any way connected to the origins of New Zealand."...
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