Aotearoa cultural dance

                                              Aoteroa cultural dance

Kia Ora readers welcome back or welcome to my blog, today's blog will be relating to the culture of Aotearoa and our traditional dance. Aotearoa is surrounded by the South Pacific ocean as other islands in pacific, Aotearoa lies to the southeast of Australia. New Zealand was named after the dutch of the Province of Zeeland or Aoteroa. Aoteroa meaning the land of the long white cloud. Stories are told that it got its name from an explorer named Kupe, Kupe named it after his canoe (waka) and that's how Aotearoa got its name. New Zealand is home to 5 million people. The North Island is home to our capital Wellington with 415,000 people. The official languages of New Zealand are Maori, English, and sign language. New Zealand is made up of 2 islands the North Island and the south island. 

Here is a slide of facts about the traditional dance of Aotearoa, if you have any facts or anything you have to say relating to my blog post, don't forget to drop a comment down below in the comments section. Thank you for taking the time out of your day to read my blog. Keep safe! Thank you!