New Zealand considers changing its name to confront its troubled colonial past

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Maori Party co-leaders Rawiri Waititi and Debbie Ngarewa-Packer speak to media during the opening of New Zealand

As the people of New Zealand confront their nation’s troubled past with colonization, a return to the Maori name of Aotearoa is being presented to a parliamentary committee.

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