Mr Johnson thanked residents for looking after tourists, including 200 Britons, who were stranded in the town after the quake and for teaching him a Maori greeting called a hongi, in which people ...

The recording of Maori words in New Zealand English took a great leap forward in 1997 with the publication of Victoria ... haka, hangi, hikoi, hongi, karakia, kaumatua, korero, kuia, mana ...

Boris Johnson says traditional Maori nose-rub greeting 'might be misinterpreted in a Glasgow pub' Foreign secretary is in New Zealand and joked about the 'hongi'.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson joked on his visit to New Zealand on Monday that a traditional Maori greeting could be misinterpreted as a headbutt elsewhere.

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 film transitions to cultural depictions of Maori traditions, including men and women performing traditional dances in traditional dress and engaging in the hongi (nose-to-nose greeting ...

A Maori man training with Ukrainian troops gave King Charles the traditional hongi greeting on Monday. The New Zealander is part of a contingent of Ukrainian troops who are being trained by ...

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 ...

Rajkummar Rao and Patralekhaa embrace Māori traditions in New Zealand — from Haka to Hongi and more Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News, Bollywood News Today, Bollywood Celebrity News ...

Maori mediator gives lesson in hongi etiquette at powhiri. Roy Pilott. April 5, 2017 • 6:33pm. Comment Share. Te Ahu Rei delivers his hongi message that one way is the right way.

If visiting New Zealand, you may encounter a Maori greeting - a hongi ... BBC Learning English webpage. Holiday videos. BBC News. Latest programmes. Dreams. 28 May 2012. Freedom. 21 May 2012.

The Maori language continues to exert an influence on New Zealand English, according to research by Professor Graeme Kennedy of Victoria University’s School of Linguistics and Applied Language ...