Aotearoa UK /ˌɑː.əʊ.teəˈrəʊ.ə/US /ˌaʊ.ti.əˈɹoʊ.ə/ noun1 •(New-Zealand) New Zealand, a country in Oceania; the Māori name, used especially in a Polynesian or precolonial context.Aotearoa / rugged individual / glistening like a pearl / at the bottom of the world [...]. — 1981