Aotearoa is an alternative name for what country?
Aotearoa o Aotearoa, mete Waipounamu"", meaning "This is a publication for the Māori tribes of Aotearoa and the South Island". After the adoption of the name New Zealand (anglicised from "Nova Zeelandia") by European settlers, one name used by Māori to denote the country as a whole was "Niu Tireni", an approximation of "New Zealand". The expanded meaning of the word was popularised in the late 19th century. "Aotearoa" was used for the name of New Zealand in the 1878 translation of "God Defend New Zealand", by Judge Thomas Henry Smith of the Native Land Court—this translation is widely used today
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