Chris Jackson/Getty Images The hongi greeting has a profound meaning for New Zealand's Maori culture, but it has been adopted by many Kiwis and visitors to the island (Credit: Chris Jackson/Getty ...

New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has been swiftly rebuked for suggesting COVID-19 might bring an end to the iconic Maori greeting, the hongi. Mr Peters, a proud Ngati wai iwi ...

The traditional welcome greeting of the Maori—the indigenous people of that other place down under, New Zealand—is called the hongi. Loosely translated as “the sharing of breath of life ...

The hongi is the traditional Maori greeting that sees two people welcome each other by rubbing or touching noses. It is a New Zealand tradition that comes from the Maori legend on how women were ...

Members of New Zealand’s Ngāti Kahungunu branch of the Maori people have replaced a traditional hongi greeting—essentially pressing noses together—with each person instead tilting back ...

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry wasted no time in immersing themselves in the New Zealand culture Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. It’s hongi time! After their ...

If you've been tracking the Royal Family's every move during their tour of New Zealand this past week (guilty), or even just a little bit, you may have come across a picture or two of Kate ...

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 ...

On a visit to New Zealand, Mr Johnson thanked locals for teaching him the hongi greeting, in which people touch their noses together. He said it was a "beautiful form of introduction - though it ...

The Duchess of Sussex received a hongi, a traditional Maori greeting, during her first solo royal event. Meghan performed the symbolic pressing of noses with members of Ngati Ranana, a London ...

First impressions count, so getting your greetings to others right is always important. Earn brownie points by learning how to properly greet people as the locals do, and you’ll literally see doors ...