Aotearoa is a descriptor name, "Land of the Long White Cloud", or so myth would tell us.
In the (probably apocryphal) myth of the discovery of Aotearoa by legendary Polynesian explorer, Kupe, he names the land (North Island in some versions, South Island in others) he and his crew find after the long stretch of white cloud they see which they take as a sign that there is land beneath it (In some versions it is Kupe's wife who names it Aotearoa).
The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori.
New Zealand's Maori name is Aotearoa, "The land of the long white cloud". Is this what you were after?
The maori named New Zealand: Aotearoa meaning Land of the Long White Cloud.
Maori is a name given to the indigenous people of New Zealand. It basically means that James is a native of New Zealand.
Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand but there is no such thing as Aonew zealand.
The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa and the Maori transliteration for New Zealand is Niu Tireni. Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud.
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The Maori name "Aotearoa" means "Land of the Long White Cloud." It reflects the country's geographic features, specifically the long white clouds often seen over the islands. The name has cultural significance to the Maori people, who were the original inhabitants of New Zealand.
There are only two names, New Zealand and the maori name Aotearoa
The indigenous people of New Zealand are called Maori.
It is the Maori name for New Zealand, meaning Land of the Long White Cloud.