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# What Makes Them Think They Can ‘Gift’ a Maori Name?
- URL: https://goodoil.news/what-makes-them-think-they-can-gift-a-maori-name/
- Published: 2023-09-01T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-09-01T05:34:42.000Z
- Author: Cam Slater
- Tags: Media, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:22

Maori Gifting a name? How can anyone gift a Maori name when the Maori Language is the only official language of New Zealand? I can’t believe the arrogance of a certain class within Maoridom to believe that they have the right to gift a Maori name to anyone.

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