NZ legislators said to stop complaining of use in the name in Parliament

Wellington, New Zealand – Speaker of New Zealand Parliament said a representative that would not consider further complaints about the use of Māorije Earth, Aotearo, in parliament, after one representative made an offer for banned.

“Aotearoa is regularly used as the name of New Zealand,” said the Chairman of Gerry Brownlee in the Judgment Tuesday in Parliament in Wellington. “It appears on our passports and appears on our currency.”

Conflict over words that increasingly point out in New Zealand, which appeared last month when one representative objected to another use of terms. Reflects the way of enthusiasm for indigenous language among New Zealand all ethnic communities he encouraged the background – including what the country should be called. It was the latest salvo in the so-called “cultural war” –style friction between two political parties.

Ricardo Menéndez March, from Levelene Green Party, used the name of Aotearo during the issue of the Government Minister. The composite word means “Land of Long White Cloud” in Te Reo Māori, the language of Māori.

Winston Peters – Who is Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Populist Party New Zealand – objected to the point of order.

“Why is anyone who applied to in this country in 2006. He came to ask the question of this parliament that changes the name of this country without a referendum and sanction of New Zealand?” Peters asked Brownlee. Menéndez March, who was born in Mexico, is a citizen New Zealand, which is a request for all representatives.

Peters asked Brownee for the Bare to use the term aotearo in parliament. On Tuesday, Browlee said that MPs have already allowed to address the parliament in any of the three official languages ​​of New Zealand – English, and Reo Māori and the New Zealand language sign.

“It’s really the end of things,” he said. Brownlee previously asked Marta to consider the use of the phrase “Aotearo New Zealand” to relate to Earth “to help everyone who may not understand the term”, but he said he couldn’t require it.

“If other members don’t like certain words, they don’t have to use them,” Brownlee said. “But it’s not a matter of order and I don’t expect to have additional order points about him.”

Peters told reporters that Brownee was “wrong” and would not answer the questions in which New Zealand called the Aotearo. Mennendez March did not immediately answer the comment request.

Other legislators refer to New Zealand by their māori name. But it’s not the first time Peters and his party fixed on Menéndez March.

In January, the Green Party complained to the Prime Minister and Brownee after Deputy Peters, Shane Jones, During the Mexican Discussion – while Peters said two Zealand to “show some gratitude” to the country.

Menéndez Marujue denied comments as “out of racist and xenophobic”.

Flamboyant of a politician who is the longest representative of New Zealand, Peters favored populist policies and earlier were announced for the remarks on Asian immigration to New Zealand. Peters, which are māori, oppose initiatives for the intended improvement of human and language māori.

One former representative, Peter Dunne, wrote in February that the squat was more about New Zealand, first kicked out his populist brand with supporters than it was in the language itself.

Māori language grows in popularity, after decades Advocacy by Māorija leader He reversed his wealth. Māori – who make up close 20% of the New Zealand – discourage to speak language after British colonizationAnd at the end of the 21st century, it was expected to die completely.

Individual words, such as aotearo, are now part of a daily New Zealand conversation for many – including non-māori. Some endow of the official change of the Unikci for the country appointed by the Dutch cartographer.

Opponents say that, before the colonization, Māori did not have a collective term for the entire New Zealand. Aotearo was a name used for the North Island in the country.

The official name of the country can only be changed by law.