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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Kia Ora is a small dairy farming locality in North Otago, centred on Kia Ora Hall. It is located 10 kilometres west of Oamaru and a similar distance north of Maheno . [ 1 ] The nearest watercourse is Robbs Crossing River, a small tributary of the Kakanui River .
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".
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Haliotis cracherodii, the black abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [ 3 ] This species is relatively small compared with most of the other abalone species from the eastern Pacific , and it has a relatively smooth dark shell.
The Kia Ora Incident is an incident that took place in 1984, at a time when the use of Māori phrases was uncommon in New Zealand. An Auckland telephone operator, Naida Glavish (then known as Naida Povey), was instructed to stop using "kia ora" when greeting callers after the post office had received a complaint. At the time, the Post Office ...