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  2. Hongi - Wikipedia

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    Two Māori women exchange a hongi, 1913. The hongi (Māori pronunciation:) is a traditional Māori greeting performed by two people pressing their noses together, often including the touching of the foreheads. [1] The greeting is used at traditional meetings among Māori people, [2] and at major ceremonies, such as a pōwhiri. [3]

  3. 1-year-old performing the haka with his dad goes viral on TikTok

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    A New Zealand dad is teaching his kids from a young age about their Indigenous heritage. In a now-viral TikTok video shared by wife Hope Lawrence on Nov. 16, Zar Lawrence is seen teaching his ...

  4. Kia ora - Wikipedia

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    Kia ora can be used to wish somebody life and health [2] —the word ora used as a noun means "life, health and vitality". [5] It might also be used as a salutation, a farewell or an expression of thanks. [6] It also signifies agreement with a speaker at a meeting, being as it is from a culture that prizes oratory. It is widely used alongside ...

  5. King shares traditional greetings with Maori attendee at ...

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    Charles, 76, shared a hongi – a traditional Maori greeting where two people press their noses together – with Mere Takoko, the co-founder of Pacific Whale Fund, at the launch of the King’s ...

  6. Cook Islands Māori - Wikipedia

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    It is also known as Māori Kūki ʻĀirani (or Maori Kuki Airani), or as Rarotongan [3] Many Cook Islanders also call it Te reo Ipukarea, which translates as "the language of the ancestral homeland". Official status

  7. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    There were 887,493 people identifying as being part of the Māori ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census, making up 17.8% of New Zealand's population. [114] This is an increase of 111,657 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 288,891 people (48.3%) since the 2006 census.

  8. Māori culture - Wikipedia

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    Māori culture (Māori: Māoritanga) is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the Māori people of New Zealand. It originated from, and is still part of, Eastern Polynesian culture. Māori culture forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture and, due to a large diaspora and the incorporation of Māori motifs into popular culture ...

  9. Māori language influence on New Zealand English - Wikipedia

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    The use of Māori words in New Zealand English has increased since the 1990s, [2] [3] and English-language publications increasingly use macrons to indicate long vowels. [4] Māori words are usually not italicised in New Zealand English, and most publications follow the Māori-language convention of the same word for singular and plural (e.g ...