Aotearoa, or “The Land of the Long White Cloud” as it translates in Māori language, is the indigenous name used for both the North Island, and for the country as a whole, the largest island complex in ...

pic4you/Getty Images If you’ve ever looked up at the sky and watched a plane fly by, you’ve probably noticed a long white cloud streaming behind it and wondered what that line is. I spoke with ...

A petition before Parliament asks that the country be called “Aotearoa,” which loosely translates from Maori as the “land of the long white cloud.” By Natasha Frost The Australia Letter is ...