Which is it... - 02/07/07 03:04 AM
Waitangi or Waitingi, please? I'm seeing one but remembering the other...I think.
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Waitangi or Waitingi, please? I'm seeing one but remembering the other...I think.
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Dang it--I tried to look up the Maaori translation for thank you, but kept getting kia ora, which I thought was generally used as hello/good wishes.
"day off". Same here, for some of our holidays.
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I thought was generally used as hello/good wishes.
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I thought was generally used as hello/good wishes.
Kia ora literally means to 'have life'. alluding to good health. Appropriate when greeting and thanking.
May I ask why the interest in Waitangi day?
Also, if you don't have this: ngata dictionary
You probably know this one sjmaxq:
comparative
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