Maps

New Zealand, known as Aotearoa in the Maori language, means "long cloud". According to traditional belief, a Maori named Kupe sighted a large cloud over what would later become known as New Zealand.


New Zealand, Aotearoa.


Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, North Island, New Zealand.

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