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The longest word in NZ Maori (native language of NZ) is a place name:

Taumata­whakatangihanga­koauau­o­tamatea­turi­pukakapiki­maunga­horo­nuku­pokai­whenua­kitanatahuis the name! Not very easy to say!

It translates as The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one.

It is one of the longest place names in the world according to Guiness Book of Records.

As for long words (not names) we have many. One would have to be: Whakawhanaungatanga which means building friendships and close links with others in a family-sort of way.

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