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Kia ora (Māori pronunciation: [k i ˈ a ɔ ɾ a], approximated in English as / ˌ k iː ə ˈ ɔːr ə / KEE-ə-OR-ə [1] or / ˈ k j ɔːr ə / KYOR-ə) is a Māori-language greeting which has entered New Zealand English. It translates literally as "have life" or "be healthy", [2] wishing the essence of life upon someone, from one speaker to ...
Pāua is the Māori name given to four New Zealand species of large edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs which belong to the family Haliotidae (in which there is only one genus, Haliotis). It is known in the United States and Australia as abalone, and in the United Kingdom as ormer shells. In New Zealand, these are known as pāua, which ...
Pāua belong to the molluscan genus Haliotis, more commonly known as abalone. The name Haliotis derives from Greek and means sea ear, reflecting the ear-like shape of the abalone shell. Three species of abalone occur naturally in New Zealand: blackfoot pāua (Haliotis iris), yellowfoot pāua (Haliotis australis), and whitefoot pāua (Haliotis ...
Living abalone in tank showing epipodium and tentacles, anterior end to the right. Abalone (/ ˈ æ b ə l oʊ n i / ⓘ or / ˌ æ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i /; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six genera but now contains only one genus, Haliotis. [1]
Haliotis australis, common name the queen pāua, yellowfoot pāua, or austral abalone, is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Description
Kia-Ora (/ ˈ k j ɔːr ə / KYOR-ə) is a concentrated fruit soft drink brand, made by Atlantic Industries (a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company) and licensed for manufacturing in Ireland and up to 2019 in the UK by Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd. The juice drink is sold in a concentrated state.
The shell of abalone is convex, rounded to oval shape, and may be highly arched or very flattened. The shell of the majority of species is ear-shaped, presenting a small, flat spire and two to three whorls. The last whorl, known as the body whorl, is auriform, meaning that the shell resembles an ear, giving rise to the common name "ear shell".
The word has also given rise to the phrase waka-jumping, in New Zealand politics. The foreshore and seabed hīkoi approaching the New Zealand Parliament. The red, black, and white flags represent tino rangatiratanga. aroha love, sympathy, compassion arohanui "lots of love", commonly as a valediction [6] [7] haere mai and haere ra