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 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 ...

“One of the things you’ve got to have regard for is whether the hongi in this circumstance is ever going to come back again,” he said on Tuesday. “There’s a famous old saying which says ...

Wellington mana whenua have temporarily stopped doing hongi at their pōwhiri following the third confirmed case of Covid-19 in the country. The hongi - or the pressing of noses to exchange breath ...

New Zealand's deputy leader has suggested Maori reconsider the traditional hongi greeting even after the coronavirus pandemic has passed. Prince Charles receives the hongi greeting during a 2015 ...

Nō te tau kotahi mano, e waru rau, e rua tekau mā rua ka tere te ope tauā a Hongi Hika ki ngā muka whānui o te ahi nō Māui he takitaki mate te haere. Kua kaha ake a Hongi me ōna rangatira ...