The islands were first discovered by a European in the 17th century by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman (whom the island state of Australia Tasmania is named for). He called it "Nieuw Zeeland" after a maritime province of his native Holland (he could not call it "New Holland" as the name was already taken, for Australia). Somewhere along the line the "Zeeland" spelling was changed to "Zealand", which is a major Danish island, having, however, no connection to Abel Tasman or his travels.
how was new zealand selected as host country for rugby world cup 2011
No, the All Blacks are selected from all New Zealander players. The New Zealand Maori representative side is selected from Maori players.
To the New Zealand rugby scene he was well know when he started playing for 1999 when he was selected for the New Zealand under 19s
The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori.
Emma would be a quite acceptable female name in New Zealand.
There are three syllables in the name "New Zealand." The syllables in the name are new-zea-land.
New Zealand has many rivers.
The Māori name for New Zealand is 'Aotearoa' meaning 'land of the long white cloud'. The word "Māori" is the name of New Zealand's indigenous people who were the first to discover the land.
There are only two names, New Zealand and the maori name Aotearoa
The most common name for the kiwi in New Zealand is kiwi.
To be a selected as a member of the New Zealand Maori rugby team you must be Maori or a descendant of Maori and identify yourself as Maori.
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