New Zealand: The Maori party is trying to change the name of the country

Wellington.— L Maori Party Started the campaign Change the official name New Zealand Officially restore original names by Aotearoa and on Te ReoPolynesian language spoken by Maori, names of all cities, towns and places Country By 2026, In order to stop “imposing a colonial agenda”.

“It is time for Te Reo Maori to be restored to its place as the first official language. We are a polygamous country, we are Aotearoa”, Points out Official report Of the party.

M மori citizens say, “We are tired of our ancestral names being torn down, insulted and ignored. This is the 21st century and this is about to change”, He adds.

In the 20th century, when New Zealand became dominated by the British Empire, the Maoris lost most of their land. Maori language dominance increased from 90% in 1910 to 26% in 1950.

Now only 20% of the Maori population 3% of the people in the country can speak this language.

“In just 40 years, the Crown was able to successfully remove our language, and we still feel its impact today,” the published text laments.

According to Article 3 Holding contractSigned between representatives of the British Crown and Maori leaders in 1840, M மori citizens have the same rights as the English, and the language should be “treated and valued as English.”

The party’s petition in the New Zealand Parliament reads, “We demand an obligation on the Crown to do everything possible to restore the status of our language. I.e. must be accessible in very clear places; On our televisions, our radio stations, road signs, maps and government advertisements and our educational systems”, The report warns.

The petition has met so far 40,000 signaturesA “big” result, the party wrote on Twitter.

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacintha Artern, Has not yet commented on it. A year ago, he had positively defined “New Zealand” and “Aotearoa” as interchangeable. But he added that it was not the government’s intention to officially change the country’s name.

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