Question

A 1996 census sparked right-wing backlash by using this language's word for people of European descent. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this language that is the source of an endonym meaning "land of the long white cloud," or Aotearoa ("ow-teh-ah-roh-ah").
ANSWER: Māori [or te reo Māori]
[10m] This Māori word for white New Zealanders, which was removed from the 2001 census, may derive from a name for mythical beings resembling men.
ANSWER: Pākehā
[10h] The Māori translation of "God Defend New Zealand," which is called "Aotearoa," was created by a member of this institution named Thomas Henry Smith. This institution did not recognize the Māori's system of collective ownership.
ANSWER: Native Land Court of New Zealand [or Māori Land Court; or Te Kōti Whenua Māori]
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