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'''Aotearoa''', officially the '''Kingdom of Aotearoa''' ([[Maori]]: ''Te
== History ==
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==== Legislative branch ====
The Parliament of Aotearoa (Maori: ''Ouare Rounanga Hangatoure Aotearoa'') consists of two chambers; the Senate (''Kaounihera Ariki'') and an elected assembly of representatives called the House of Delegates (''Ouare Mangai'').
==== Administrative divisions ====
Aotearoa is divided into ten cantons used for administration and for voting constituencies used to elect members of the House of Delegates. They differ from ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohe rohe]'', which are traditional tribal borders used to appoint members of the Senate and to arrange community-based volunteer and paramilitary organisations.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Name
! colspan="2" |Cities
! rowspan="2" |Creation
! rowspan="2" |Type
! rowspan="2" | Map
|-
! Capital
!Largest
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|Te Tai Tokerau
|TTT
| colspan="2" |Ouarangai
|
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| rowspan="10" |[[File:Aotearoa Cantons.png|center|frameless]]
|-
|Tamaki Makaurau
|TMR
| colspan="2" |Tamaki
|
|
|-
|Ouaikato
|OKT
| colspan="2" |Kaitotehe
|
|
|-
|Te Moana-a-Tai
|TMT
| colspan="2" |Ouakatane
|
|
|-
|Touranga
|TRG
|Kiouaville
|Ouarekahika
|
|
|-
|Te Tai Raouhiti
|TTR
|Te Ouairoa
|Tanenouie
|
|
|-
|Te Oupoko
|TOP
| colspan="2" |Te Tai Tara
|
|
|-
|Te Ouanganouie
|TON
| colspan="2" |Ouanganouie
|
|
|-
|Taranaki
|TRN
| colspan="2" |Ouaitara
|
|
|-
|Te Kouititanga
|TKT
| colspan="2" |Otorohanga
|
|
|}
== Demographics ==
==== Ethnicity ====
Four principal ethnicities comprise Aotearoa society; the Maori, the Meti (mixed race, from French ''métis''), the Pakeha (Europeans), and the Marai (Asians, from ''kehou-rite'' lit. appears reddish-brown). The 1944 census details the ethnic makeup of the island:
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
|+1944 racial census of Aotearoa
!Race
!%
!Population
|-
|Maori
|95.9
|721,073
|-
|Meti
|3.1
|23,309
|-
|Pakeha
|0.6
|4,511
|-
|Marai
|0.4
|3,007
|-
|'''Total'''
|100
|751,900
|}
====
The majority and national language of Aotearoa is [[Maori]], a Polynesian language also spoken in numerous surrounding nations. [[French]] is often used as a second language for administration, diplomacy, and business. It is also the primary tongue of the Pakeha minority. Spoken in the hundreds, other languages include [[Mandarin]], Japanese, and Fijian.
==== Religion ====
Most people of Aotearoa adhere to the non-Papist [[Catholic Church]], the syncretic Aria Ora religious movement, or are secular and vaguely identify with Maori and Catholic traditions. Around 4% of the island is Protestant, while a few thousand profess to be Buddhists and Muslims.
== Culture ==
== List of leaders ==
[[File:Aotearoa Crowned Coat of Arms (Version 1).png|186x186px|right]]
==== House of Hine ====
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* Kaouiti II (1914-1930)
* [[Renata Kaouiti]] (1930-1976)
== See also ==
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