Aroha is a
Māori
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
word meaning "
love
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", cognate with the Hawaiian term ''
aloha
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''. It is also a given name.
Notable people
Notable people with the name include:
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Aroha Awarau
Aroha Edward Awarau (born Hāwera, New Zealand) is a journalist and playwright. He won the 2008 New Zealand Magazine Journalist of the Year (Mass Market) at the annual Magazine Publisher's Association Award. He was a finalist again for the same ...
, journalist and playwright from New Zealand
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Aroha Reriti-Crofts, former national president of the Māori Women's Welfare League
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Te Aroha Keenan
Te Aroha Keenan is a New Zealand former netball coach and member of the Silver Ferns in the 1980s. She later coached the Cook Islands national team at the 1999 Netball World Championships, as well as a multinational Team Pasifika in a test ser ...
, New Zealand former netball coach
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Aroha Savage
Aroha Savage (born 11 March 1990) is a rugby union player. She plays for and Auckland. She previously played for the Blues Women in the Super Rugby Aupiki competition. She has competed for the Black Ferns at three Rugby World Cup's — 2010, 2 ...
(born 1990), rugby union player from New Zealand
*Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford (born 2018), daughter of New Zealand Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
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Fictional characters
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Aroha Reed, character in the TVNZ soap opera ''Shortland Street''
Other uses
* ''Aroha'' is an alternate spelling for
Hindi language
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word
''Aaroh''.
See also
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Te Aroha
Te Aroha ( mi, Te Aroha-a-uta) is a rural town in the Waikato region of New Zealand with a population of 3,906 people in the 2013 census, an increase of 138 people since 2006. It is northeast of Hamilton and south of Thames. It sits at the f ...
, a town in the North Island of New Zealand
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Māori given names