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MeatballDom t1_iu82kfj wrote

Reply to comment by Abba_Fiskbullar in Revisiting the great exploding trousers epidemic of the 1930s by marketrent

Anecdotally, but: Aotearoa is used more commonly than "New Zealand" when talking to people in the country that live here, generally. It's fairly common in NZ English to use te Reo Maori words in place of English ones, and it's growing more and more popular to use Aotearoa in this sense.

No one will get at you for using "New Zealand" though. I think even the people who are pro "Aotearoa" mainly would like the country to be called "Aotearoa - New Zealand"

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hilarymilne t1_iu8620h wrote

In larger cities, and amongst certain groups, absolutely, using 'Aotearoa' instead of 'New Zealand is becoming common place, however (anecdotally) most people will still use "New Zealand" over "Aotearoa"

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