Etymology: () Maori, long white cloud, from ao (“cloud, daytime, world”) + tea (“white”) + roa (“long, tall”); often translated as "the land of the long white cloud". Probably a reference to the appearance of mountainous land when seen on the horizon from a canoe after an ocean voyage. Originally was in reference to the North Island only. The first recorded mention of Aotearoa as a name for New Zealand as a whole was in 1898 in The Long White Cloud Ao-tea-roa by William Pember Reeves. Original name known by the indigenous Polynesian population as Te Ika Nui A Maui or , The great fish of Maui , from te (“the”) + ika (“fish”) + nui (“big, great, large”) + ā (“of”) + Māui (“a Polynesian demigod”);
Synonyms: North Island, Aotearoa New Zealand, New Zealand
North Island , New Zealand , North Island (of New Zealand), New Zealand (country), Land of the long white cloud (toponymic translation from Maori), Long white cloud (literal translation from Maori), the Maori name for New Zealand,
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Land of the long white cloud (toponymic translation from Maori)
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