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Some Maori names for the North Island of New Zealand are:
- Aotearoa - This means either the long cloud, the long white cloud or the refers to the canoe Aotearoa of Kupe who is one of the significant legendary figures in the story of the colonisation of New Zealand. The significance of cloud is that it is often an indicator to navigators of land from the sea. This name is now also used to refer to the whole of New Zealand)
- Te Ika a Maui (this means the Fish of Maui and refers to the story of the demi-god Maui fishing up the North Island from the sea)
The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa. Aotearoa means 'Land of the Long White Cloud'.
Aotearoa, which in Maori means, "Land of the Long White Cloud"
When Queen Elizabeth II visited New Zealand in 1954, she was given the name te kotuko reremga tahi, the White Heron of a Single Flight.
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