The Maori Party has launched a petition to have New Zealand’s name officially changed to Aotearoa.
Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer are also petitioning for Te Reo Maori names of all towns, cities and place names to be restored by 2026.
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Perhaps the Wellington-centred media, who have been promulgating the idea that New Zealand is stuck in a slough of despond, need to get out more. The world’s always going to look miserable from a dyspeptic capital that is itself mired in the doldrums.
As anyone who has used public transport knows, it’s a bit of a horror show. Hence it’s refreshing to see a journalist, a senior writer for the New Zealand Herald, no less, in agreement. Did you hear? Auckland has invented train travel. Last month, the new City Rail
The victory has secured her place at the 75th Miss Universe competition in Puerto Rico in November, 43 years after Lorraine Downes won the international title in 1983.
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