Original sentence: In 1996, when New Zealand revised its royal honours system, New Zealanders ceased to receive the Polar Medal.It was proposed that the medal would be preserved, with a new name, under New Zealand regulations: the New Zealand Antarctic Medal.The new medal was formally instituted by the Queen of New Zealand on 1 September 2006.The rationale for the renaming was that it is in relation to Antarctica that New Zealand’s endeavours and achievements have been made
Edited sentence: In 1996 when New Zealand revised its royal honours system, New Zealanders ceased to receive the Polar Medal, although it was proposed that the medal would be preserved, with a new name, under New Zealand regulations.On September 1, 2006 the New Zealand Antarctic Medal was instituted by the Queen of New Zealand.The rationale for the renaming was the surprising belief that "Polar" meant the north pole, and indicated that the advisory committee were apparently ignorant both of the history of the Polar Medal as well as of geography