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New Zealand petition seeks to change country's name to Aotearoa in honor of its Māori roots

Discussion in 'Latest US & World News' started by Space_Time, Jul 30, 2022.

  1. Space_Time

    Space_Time Well-Known Member

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    I'm inclined to think this will probably happen. Media interest in overturning everything European is so strong right now. Will there be pressure to change the names of other countries:
     
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    Let's change the name to New Wessex.
     
    Basset Hound, Jul 30, 2022
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Why name it after some aboriginal name?
    Why not wait until there are enough immigrants that white New Zealanders become a minority and then let these new people come up with a better name?

    "Aotearoa" seems kind of hard and confusing to pronounce to me.

    Oh, by the way, New Zealand has been completely destroying its rural culture. Which in part explains why it is turning Left so fast.
    Immigrant labor decimates family owned farms in New Zealand
     
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    I’ll just call the auto-eroto-dumbaria from now on.
     
    Buri, Jul 31, 2022
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    Sounds like cultural appropriation.
     
    Bob Newhart, Jul 31, 2022
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    New Zealand. The country most people forget to include when drawing the world map.
     
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    Kind of like changing Burma
    to who remembers.​

    Keep New Zealand
    New Zealand! :rant:

    No Apologies



    Moi :oldman:



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    Moi621, Aug 1, 2022
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    Yeah well. It's any bodies guess what the % is of American's who know where New Zealand is at. But it's probably nothing to be proud of. While it gets way and way worse when asked where the original Zealand is at. European heritage that we "cherish" so dearly.... lol.


    I got better hopes that people from New Zealand know. But I guess most of Europe wouldn't know either where the hell Zealand is at.
     
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