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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]
This document retained the 'Understand-Know-Do' structure of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories, the content of which was directly included in the learning area Te ao tangata|Social Sciences. [53]: 29–31 Te Takanga o Te Wā is in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, Māori-medium curriculum, [54] as a new strand in Tikanga ā-Iwi (Social Studies). [55]
Aotearoa (pronounced [aɔˈtɛaɾɔa] in Māori and / ˌ aʊ t ɛəˈr oʊ. ə / in English; often translated as 'land of the long white cloud') [22] is the current Māori name for New Zealand. It is unknown whether Māori had a name for the whole country before the arrival of Europeans; Aotearoa originally referred to just the North Island. [23]
Memory of the World Aotearoa New Zealand Ngā Mahara o te Ao is a national register of New Zealand's documentary heritage maintained by UNESCO as part of the Memory of the World Programme. As of 2024, it includes 55 different collections and archives.
In Māori tradition, Aotearoa was one of the great ocean-voyaging canoes that were used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. Aotearoa was captained by Mokotōrea [ 1 ] or Mokoterea. [ 2 ] It landed at Aotea on the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato and was buried there.
According to oral tradition, the heroic explorer Kupe was the first discoverer of New Zealand or “Aotearoa”. In an early European synthesized interpretation of these accounts, around 750 CE he had discovered New Zealand and later, around 1350, one great fleet of settlers set out from Hawaiki in eastern Polynesia. [ 6 ]
"God Defend New Zealand" (Māori: "Aotearoa", [a] meaning 'New Zealand') is one of two national anthems of New Zealand, the other being "God Save the King". Legally the two have equal status, but "God Defend New Zealand" is more commonly used. Originally written as a poem, it was set to music as part of a competition in 1876.
The New Zealand Government (Māori: Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa [9]) is the central government through which political authority is exercised in New Zealand.As in most other parliamentary democracies, the term "Government" refers chiefly to the executive branch, and more specifically to the collective ministry directing the executive. [10]