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 ...

[Photo/Agencies] A powhiri is a traditional Maori welcome ceremony involving speeches, dancing, singing and finally the hongi. It is considered the most prestigious welcome for special visitors to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sonam Kapoor was welcomed to Queenstown in New Zealand with a traditional Maori greeting Hongi done by pressing of noses thus sharing the breath of life. The actress is in NZ for the shooting of ...

“There will always be a place in Maori society for the hongi,” he said. “It’s up to Maori to decide when it would be appropriate to reintroduce … to go back to our traditional ways.

Britain’s King Charles received a traditional Maori greeting, the hongi, during a visit to a military training site on Monday. King Charles pressed his forehead and nose against a New Zealander ...

which involves the Maori person and visitor pressing together their noses in a welcome known as a hongi. He head-butted Scheffers — breaking his nose — during a Maori welcome at the Tamaki ...

The Duke of Cambridge has received a hongi, a traditional Maori greeting, from New Zealand’s prime minister on arrival in Auckland. William performed the symbolic pressing of noses with Jacinda ...