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 ...

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 ...

In fact, Prince Charles wasn’t trying out a new form of salutation, it’s actually a traditional Māori greeting called a hongi that is standard for the area.