Dear SG,
While most friends of mine from SG will know that "Temasek" is what Sinapore is used to be known as, New Zealand has its own special name too and it's still widely use today. It's "Aotearoa".
Aotearoa means "Land of the long white cloud", the maori name of New Zealand. The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. It's not uncommon to hear folks says "New Zealand Aotearoa" as the name of this country.
Temasek means "sea" in Javanese, it's a name by which Singapore was known before the Prince Sang Nila Utama named it "Singapura" (meaning "lion" (singa) "city" (pura) in Sanskrit. Why a lion city? It was because he spotted a lion when he landed on our sunny island, that's why. ;)
with love from NZ,
J
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