The speaker of New Zealand’s parliament has told lawmakers that he will not consider further complaints about the use of the country’s Māori name, Aotearoa, in Parliament, after one made a bid to have it banned. The strange conflict over a word increasingly prominent in New Zealand life arose last month when one lawmaker objected to another’s use of the term. Gerry Brownlee, the speaker, told Parliament in Wellington that lawmakers may use any of New Zealand's three official languages in Parliament. He added that the name Aotearoa appears on New Zealand passports and on the country's currency.
