2 Jun 2022

Māori party calling for official Aotearoa name change

From Checkpoint, 5:18 pm on 2 June 2022

Te Pāti Māori has handed over its petition calling for the country to officially be named Aotearoa. It collected 70 thousand signatures backing the change. But the government says any discussions should involve the wider population. Political reporter Giles Dexter has more.