Mum rages at nursery for shortening daughter's name 'because it's too hard to pronounce'

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Maori mum Paris was told that staff had been calling the five-year-old "Rangi".Staff told Paris that they had struggled to pronounce Mahinarangi - a traditional Maori name which means 'moon in the sky' - so they shortened it, reports The Mirror.Furious Paris also said cruel children laughed at her daughter's traditional name and the bullying has left Mahinarangi so distraught that she doesn't even try to correct people when they say her name wrong.Mahinarangi's name was picked by her parents as it was Ngāti Raukawa heritage, passed down through several generations and has a deep line of descent, known as whakapapa, which often shows where someone is from.Not giving someone their full name can be seen as a lack of respect.In a community.