#oh yeah fun fact!! there is no māori name for new zealand as a whole. all three main islands have specific names | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

crabussy · 4 months ago

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man winter in aotearoa is wild I'm wearing 1 layer and I have my doors flung wide open because it was too hot inside. stepped outside and was like fuck dude. I could go swimming in the sea

#listen to my gibberish boy #specifically aotearoa as in te ika-a-māui as in the north island #in the south it gets MUCH much colder #its like 15 degrees its perfect I enjoy winter here so much #oh yeah fun fact!! there is no māori name for new zealand as a whole. all three main islands have specific names #but not the country of new zealand as most people know it #aotearoa is specifically a name for the north island!! its just the name that has been decided on when referring to the whole country #because. having an official māori name would be a great step in decolonisation #its complicated!!!

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