Confusion over NZ islands' names

New Zealanders are being asked what they would like to call their two main islands, currently North Island and South Island.

The BBC News reports: "The country's Geographic Board, which assigns and approves place name changes, has
announced consultations on alternative English and Maori names. The move follows the discovery that the geographically correct names, used for 200 years, were not legally registered."

The Maori names are Te Ika a Maui (the fish of Maui) for the North Island and Te Wai Pounamu (the waters of greenstone) for the South Island.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/8011846.stm