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New Zealand's national airline, Air New Zealand, uses Kia Ora as the name for its inflight magazine. [9] [2] Water Safety New Zealand, a water-safety advocacy organisation, has a specific Māori water safety programme, Kia Maanu Kia Ora, which makes use of the literal meaning of kia ora, as their message translates as stay afloat; stay alive.
It can also mean "thank you", or signify agreement with a speaker at a meeting. The Māori greetings "tēnā koe" (to one person), "tēnā kōrua" (to two people) or "tēnā koutou" (to three or more people) are also widely used, as are farewells such as "haere rā".
kia kaha: literally 'be strong'; roughly "be of good heart, we are supporting you" Kīngitanga: Māori King Movement; matangi: wind, breeze ("Matangi" is the name for a class of electric multiple unit trains used on the Wellington suburban network, so named after Wellington's windy reputation). mauri: spiritual life force
Use these meaningful thank you messages after special occasions like weddings, birthdays, and graduations.
The King has shared a traditional greeting gesture with a Maori advocate at the official launch of his environmental charity. Charles, 76, shared a hongi – a traditional Maori greeting where two ...
Production has begun on “Tangata Pai,” a Warner Bros. Discovery-backed drama that claims to be the first primetime series in which 30% of the dialog will be in the Maori language. The eight ...
I mean, I think there is a place for Maori culture but why is it that we always use a semi-naked male, sometimes quite pale-skinned Māori, leaping around in, you know, mock battle? [4] In April 2013 Danish Marie Krarup MP who visited New Zealand called a traditional Māori greeting "grotesque". [5]
July 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Taha Māori is a New Zealand phrase, used in both Māori and New Zealand English . It means "the Māori side (of a question)" or "the Māori perspective" as opposed to the Pākehā or European side or perspective.