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Aotearoa

1. (location) North Island - now used as the Māori name for New Zealand.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

Ko tētehi o aua keke i waiho hei tukutuku ki ngā whanaunga, i ia wāhi, i ia wāhi o Aotearoa, o Te Waipounamu (TW 21/2/1876:72). / One of those cakes was left to be sent to relatives in each part of the North and South Islands.

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Synonyms: Hutinga a Māui, Te, Ika-a-Māui, Te, Ikaroa-a-Māui, Te, Niu Tīrani, Niu Tīreni, Niu Tīrene

Penihana Aotearoa

1. (loan) (noun) New Zealand Superannuation.

Pāremata Aotearoa

1. (loan) New Zealand Parliament, House of Representatives.

Poirewa Aotearoa

1. (personal noun) Volleyball New Zealand.

Tatauranga Aotearoa

1. Statistics New Zealand.

Aotearoa Tuatahi

1. (personal name) New Zealand First (Party).

Paerewa Aotearoa

1. Standards New Zealand.

Toi Aotearoa

1. (noun) Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand.

Ararau Aotearoa

1. Transit New Zealand.

Toi Māori Aotearoa

1. (noun) Māori Arts New Zealand.

Mana Arotake Aotearoa

1. Audit New Zealand.

Waka Rererangi Aotearoa

1. (personal noun) Air New Zealand.

I tonoa ia e Waka Rererangi Aotearoa kia waihangahia he tohu hei tā ki ō rātou waka rererangi (RTP 2015:116). / She was commissioned by Air New Zealand to create a logo to paint on their planes.

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Uruwhenua o Aotearoa

1. New Zealand Passport Office.

Rōpū Aotearoa Tuatahi

1. (noun) New Zealand First Party - a political party established by Winston Peters in 1993.

Mana Rapuara Aotearoa

1. Careers New Zealand.

Ara Poutama Aotearoa

1. Department of Corrections.

Rōpū Ture o Aotearoa

1. (loan) New Zealand Law Society.

Pirihimana o Aotearoa, Ngā

1. (loan) New Zealand Police.

Wānanga o Aotearoa, Te

1. (location) a tertiary provider based in Te Awamutu.

Rōpū Pāpāho o Aotearoa

1. (noun) New Zealand Press Association.

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