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New Zealandis called land of the long white cloud....
why is new zealand called the great white cloud
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the legend goes that the wife of Kupe (the first polynesian to discover Aotearoa -NZ), first spotted the long line of clouds which indicated the presence of land. So she named this country Aotearoa, meaning the Long White Cloud. Aotea = white cloud Roa = long
It translates to mean 'the land of the long white cloud'.Land Of The Long White Cloud.
Aotearoa. This translates to; 'The Land of the Long White Cloud'
Aotearoa, which in Maori means, "Land of the Long White Cloud"
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Aoteroa The translation to English is "land" of the long white cloud. Because when Kupe (the Polynesian who discovered new Zealand) first saw new Zealand it was the cloud that he saw first because clouds are made towards land. So he would of seen one long white cloud. And as he neared Aoteroa he realised it was a land, hence "Land of the long white cloud"
The Maoris referred to their country as Aotearoa before it was renamed New Zealand by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in the 17th century. Aotearoa translates to "Land of the Long White Cloud" in Maori.
Aotearoa is the maori word that roughly translates to "the land of the long white cloud." That is what the maori people called New Zealand because when they were traveling over the seas they were trying to find land, and clouds normally appear over land. They saw long white cloud while they were traveling then came upon the islands of New Zealand, hence the name.