Aotearoa

British  

/ ˈæɒˌtɪəˌroːə /

noun

1. the Māori name for New Zealand

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Etymology

Origin of Aotearoa

from Māori ao tea roa Land of the Long White Cloud

Example Sentences

Had Root stroked New Zealand's medium-fast pacers for a century in front of Aotearoa's grass banks, few would have said it mattered when it came to facing Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood in the Perth cauldron with a different ball.

From BBC

After venturing to Norway, Ireland, Thailand and Argentina in the show’s debut season, the second landed him in Spain, where hijinx included cuddling with actor Javier Bardem and doing Spanish voice-overs, and New Zealand, where he got lessons from one of Aotearoa’s leading cultural advisors and attempted to break a haka world record with filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi.

From Los Angeles Times

This year in Aotearoa, also known as New Zealand, the mountain Taranaki Maunga was recognized as a legal person because the Maori see it as an ancestor.

From Salon

"Aotearoa is regularly used as a name of New Zealand," Speaker Gerry Brownlee said in a ruling in Parliament on Tuesday.

From BBC

A petition was launched in 2022 by the Māori Party, an official political party, to officially change the country's name to Aotearoa, which received more than 70,000 signatures.

From BBC