Aotearoa New Zealand

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Aotearoa New Zealand

  1. A bicultural name for New Zealand.
    • 1988 (March), Human Rights Commission Focus
      The Commission recognises the importance of Māori culture to all people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
    • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 65:
      In looking further south, to Aotearoa/New Zealand, the forward march of the British is in full show.

References

  • The Dictionary of New Zealand English: A Dictionary of New Zealandisms on Historical Principles, H.W. Orsman (editor), Oxford University Press (Auckland), 1997

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