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Australian Eastern Daylight Time — April 03, 2013

New Zealand could adopt Maori names for main islands

The name Te Ika a Maui translates as "the Fish of Maui", from a Maori legend that the North Island was fished out of the sea by an early explorer named Maui. Te Waipounamu means "the Waters of Greenstone", marking the widespread presence of jade in the ...

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New Zealand -| New Zealand could adopt Maori names for main islands

New Zealand could adopt Maori names for main islands

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