(New Zealand) A Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing and singing.
(New Zealand) A Maori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing and singing.
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A Maori term for the visitors or guests at a powhiri (formal welcome ceremony) — as opposed to the tangata whenua (the home people who receive them). The manuhiri are welcomed onto the marae through a structured ceremonial process involving karanga (calls), haka, and hongi (pressing of noses). The concept is important in Maori protocol and the term is used freely in New Zealand English in relevant contexts.
(New Zealand) The visitors at a pohiri.
Pihoihoi is a Maori name used in New Zealand for the Australasian pipit — a small, brown, ground-dwelling songbird found across New Zealand's open grasslands and coasts. The name is onomatopoeic in Maori tradition, echoing the bird's piping call. As a dictionary entry it is primarily of ornithological and linguistic interest — a reminder that New Zealand English freely incorporates Maori bird names into everyday nature vocabulary. The entry appears incomplete in the source data.
(New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.