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    Unpredictable weather

    Posted by micycle 9 September 2005

    The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, meaning "Land of the Long White Cloud" - and not without reason. A thin sliver of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, NZ has weather that defies prediction. Even in mid-summer, you can count on the odd hour or day of rain.

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    Maori never had a name for New Zealand. People may have called the area around ninety mile beach Aotearoa, but even this is debatable.
    However, I would much prefer to live in Aotearoa (ah-oh-tay-ah-roh-ah) than somewhere named after a Danish province.
    Posted by macman37  9 February 2007