I'm an Aussie and I'm always in awe of the Kiwi's and their proud heritage & culture. Aussies have a long way to go with ours and respecting the Aboriginal heritage and culture. Well done NZ and great reaction mate.
Xavier over here is more likely to ne pronounced Zavier. Henare is a Māori name. It can be a Christian name OR a surname just like Malcolm or Nelson can. Your first pronunciation was correct - Hen-ar-air , just run it together smoothly.
%60 of Australians disappointed me , ANZAC , holds us together , Kiwi(Maoris had Waikato treaty Polynesian influence) an late 60's enforced it , Holyoak , Muldoon tried to hide it ,
As a mother I wanted to give you a big hug, I hate seeing people crying or upset because of things that shouldn't and don't need to happen. One thing really stands out to me living here in NZ is that if you walked up to a cop and put your hand out they will shake it, from what I have seen from other countries that is very rare. I hope that NZ doesn't lose that as time goes by.
Bro you heard Karakia for seconds and knew it was a prayer. You are now my Canadian brother. I'm a Ngapuhi Maori from Northland and the idea of being brothers with Canada is cool as. You're on the money with the escimo kiss. We call it hongi, nose to nose greeting embrace. The way you described it was perfect. Come on over bro there's one waiting for you.
I’ve noticed a lot of similarities between Māori and Hawaiian culture, which is surprising and not surprising at the same time (both being in the pacific but also thousands of miles apart). The hongi is called honi in Hawaii and the sound of the language is pretty similar as well. The hongi/honi is such a beautiful way to greet each other, full of respect and love.
@@anouk6644 we are the samer people, with the same cultures and near identical languages Anouk, only seperated by time and distance and thousands of miles of ocean.
Lovely sentiments, he seems to be American though but was talking about Canada in terms of the big/little sibling relationship between countries. His awareness of indigenous cultures and his own experiences as an ethnic minority really come through anyway.
@@anouk6644 Aoteoroa New Zealand was settled by Hawaiian Maori, hence the similar cultures. When Captain James Cook explored the Pacific, he recognised that Polynesians were great navigators and had one join his crew on the Endeavour (side note, I'm pretty sure that Star Trek was influenced by Cook's travels in naming Captain James Kirk and the Enterprise).
Another kiwi here. Nothing wrong with emotion shows your human and care. I'm 66 yo 6th generation non Maori. The best of being a kiwi is love and respect a combination of Maori culture and parents with good values. Knowing you will make mistakes accept the consequences and move on with support from family and the community. Stay safe my brother.
Kia ora (Hi). Most people in New Zealand know some Te Reo (the Māori language) and a lot of people just chuck it in casually. We also assume that the people (tāngata) know what we mean. Whānau - family (but it has a deeper meaning compared to the English meaning, it's more about extended family rather than just the basic family unit). Mahi - Work. Whakapapa - family history. Tūpuna - ancestors. Whenua - land. Kainga - home (usually used to mean where you grew up). I'm a Pakeha (white New Zealander) so my explanations are quite basic and Māori has quite deep and complex concepts for most of these words.
(but it has a deeper meaning compared to the English meaning, it's more about extended family rather than just the basic family unit) Yes. But not in a good way. It's about a group of people that's so loose that no one takes responsibility. It's lead to some incredibly bad child abuse in some circumstances.
My reaction to your "policing in the far North of NZ" reaction video was also unexpected. I was inspired by your courage, empathy, compassion and aroha (love). You have what we as Maori refer to as wairua (spirt) and mana (deep respect/standing) and I have no doubt that you will feel every-bit at home here in Aotearoa New Zealand. The hongi is a greeting between 2 people where their forehead and nose touch at the same time; it symbolises giving breath of life. I am sadden that your early years were filled with many dark moments but in spite of it all, you've become a pillar of a man. Kia kaha .
A police constable saying to a young person, "You are better than you are right now". Proud to be Kiwi. Plus, the support and making that lovely young women want to be in the police. Doing the right thing can change lives.
I'm a fifth generation New Zealander and seeing this brought back memories from when I worked in law enforcement. In training an emphasis was on de-escalating situations, not learning how to be Rambo in a blue uniform (by the way "constable" is the official legal designation of our police, not "officer"). Years ago when I was in the job we used to spend a few days every couple of years as guests on a Marae (traditional Maori cultural centre, for want of a better description) and just talk through issues important to them and broaden our own understanding of cultural differences. This film is a recruiting tool for encouraging Maori to join the police and return to their traditional area where, as was shown, they are most effective in working with their own. In New Zealand you would be hard pressed to find anyone who spoke Spanish as that is not part of our cultural history, but most non Maori would be familiar with a lot of the terms used in the clip, Kai for food, whanau for extended family and other terms have become part of our national vocabulary and are used frequently. NZ has three official languages, Maori, English and NZ sign language.
I'm sorry that you went through discrimination, no one should ever have to put up with that rubbish but you can always move here to Australia, we would be happy to welcome you and i'm sure that our brothers and sisters in NZ would welcome you also.
I am New Zealander and I have links back to the Northland Region. I have just come back from the region after spending New years up there with family. First off don't be sorry about expressing your emotions. Here are some general notes: - We do call it a cul de sac as well. Cul de sac in French literally means he bottom of a bag. Which is the shape that you get with the turning - - - Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). We are not the owners but are the Kaitiaki (Caretakers/Stewards) of the country. - Māori have an agreed upon language called "Te Reo". - Pressing of noses is called a hongi. This is a traditional greeting where you share a breath with the other person. - The super short hair cut on females is not necessary. - It is becoming more common now for people to have a conversation with a mix of English and Māori. - Kina is also know as Sea Urchin. - Police don't routinely carry guns on them in New Zealand. The guns are kept in lock boxes in the cars and need to be signed off Sergeant before they are used in the field. Instead you'll see most Kiwi Cops carrying a Taser.
@kaines8429 I always thought that the act of pressing noses - was to stop the other person smacking the back of your head off, with a greenstone tool, or of fisting the others nose, because keeping noses meshed tightly between foreheads & chins, meant that kicking, hand slapping / punching etc., is 100% protected against. Over the years it just became easier to do that than dancing around bent knees wiggling tongues at each other before fighting to the death? No harm - no foul.
Nothing wrong with showing your emotions Newzealand is a special place and the Maori culture is ingrained in all kiwis no matter what the race that what makes us who we are
I love your reaction, I am a Kiwi but dual national with US citizenship, my fathers side of the family are from Georgia, I've always thought of moving an living in the USA to be with the family there, which is where most of my family are, but here in NZ everybody is family (whanau), in general terms the Police in the USA feel like the enemy and are to be feared, in many ways but not all, here in NZ they feel more like family who want to help you to a better life.
Nah @jemae - it's because us Kiwis (all three of us, being the walking night bird, and the two coloured human ones - white & not white) are as respectful ... Because NZ doesn't have so your (poisonous & deadly lethal) wiggly squiggly snakes, and biting things such as fire ants etc., nor outright kick-in-the-guts-kangaroos (although some previously contained AU bouncy haired (pest) wallabies are making a nuisance of themselves, migrating out of South Canterbury into Otago Central - around the Maniototo region) - From what I've seen over the years, tells me that the further away from the biggest cities, in both our two countries: Is that those furthest from the coast - tend to be the one's who have the best respect for their fellow neighbours (and "across the pond" tourists alike). Maybe it has something to do with the salt air, drying the respect out of themselves, form anyone in a city (living amongst so many other hustling people - who by the very fact they are in huge cities), makes them lose not only time & late everywhere they go - that allows them to lose what little resect they hold of themselves, that trickles down as being no respect for all other city folk around them too. Living in far away rural areas, as far away from populated areas as possible - in the slower paced fresher inland area environments (where the day is NOT spent watching the clock) - allows the freedom (of time) we both have - to be respectful to others, Be it laid back watching the snow melt off mountains, or seeing "as far as the eye can see - across red dust ", maybe it's that inner and outer peacefulness - that grows better respect?
Native ppl are Maori, Iwi is a tribe, Whanau ( Far-No) is family, Kia Ora is hello, greeting, hi etc. The Maori have there own language. Constable is police officer. They touch noses 👃. The Maori culture is MASSIVE here and it's SO IMPORTANT here by the ppl, the Government, the Schools etc...it is New Zealand 🇳🇿
Miss Ahipara you rock girl 🥰 you obviously made that constable very proud. I'm a kiwi and that made me cry too. We need so many more like that constable to reach out and touch those kids mines to be better than they are but, please share them around cos me need more doctors to come home and look after the people. Well done NZ Police. You are all so much appreciated 💗 Hang in there buddy. The past is never easy and nor will the future be but that's why we call it the past, cos its gone. The only way it can hurt you, is when you continuously allow it too. You have another life now and a happier one so breath it, embrace it and evolve 💯🧡
I haven't lived in NZ for 20years now. Its so great to see the police have changed their ways and connecting with the community. Well done NZ. This warms my heart
The prayer at the beginning You are right, this is a prayer. In Māori; a prayer is called a karakia. Some karakia are religious in the western sense, with thanks given to a christian notion of god. Many give thanks to the land, sky and water that sustains us, to our ancestors, to people who may be visiting us (manuhiri) to the people we are visiting (mana whenua), or in some cases to our atua (gods) that we had pre-colonisation. Māori have ways of doing things; and this is called tikanga or kawa. These are certain protocol that we follow as Māori. Often this involves a karakia to open and close hui (meetings), karakia before eating kai (food) and special karakia for events like funerals (tangi) and when we welcome visitors in a powhiri or whakatau (welcoming ceremonies). The carving at 3:26 If you see a peen, then yep! That is defo on there. In addition this carving has what we call a taiaha - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiaha. This is essentially a staff that is used for ceremonial practices and in the old times - battle. As for the peen. Our carvings typically are anatomically correct, with the inclusion of genitalia having ties through wider themes of birth, death and renewal. Shame about our bodies really only became a thing after European settlers arrived, and at this point some of these carved statues were actually damaged - having genitalia removed by missionaries. The carving itself is called a koruru; and it sits atop a building called a wharenui. For Māori this is a really important building, and forms the central point of a Marae. Marae are communal spaces for Māori that have spiritual and social significance. Pre colonialism we would live on marae, but now it is mostly a place for us to come together to have important meetings, mark special occasions, practice elements of Māori culture, and importantly undertake tangi/funerals. During these occasions the Wharenui will be where you physically come together, and it will also be where you sleep - side by side with your whanau (family). The wharenui is generally a representation of an ancestor, with the koruru being the head of the ancestor, and other parts representing the arms, legs, ribs and heart. So as you walk inside a wharenui, you are walking into the past and connecting with those that have gone before you, enveloped in their protection and love. The houses in 3:46 In some places in New Zealand all the farming buildings may be together, or all the houses of the farm workers and that is what I think you are seeing there. But, Māori also have a way of living communally called papakainga where a bunch of houses belonging to one family with multiple family members living in each one is built on Maori land. The man at 5:27 He might be called xavier (zave-e-er) or xavier (haav-e-er) both exist here; and you really dont know until you say one of them! The last name is hen-are-a (with the a being pronounced like the letter a). That is the Māori version of henry. We have some other examples of that here, my fav being Anaru prounounced -un-a-roo. This means andrew. The 'eskimo kiss' at 7.29 This is called a Hongi, and its a typical way of greeting each other as Māori. To hongi you press your nose and forehead together with the nose and forehead of the person you are greeting. Many people of Maori decent prefer to hongi, instead of shaking hands. It translates to the sharing of breath, and it is about creating a moment where you come together as one. The god Tāne-nui-a-Rangi, moulded the shape of the first woman, Hine-ahu-one, from earth and breathed life into her by pressing his nose against hers. It is thought that this greeting harks back to that time. Different iwi (tribes) have different approaches. For some it was only a touching of noses but others included the touching of foreheads, a metaphorical exchange of breath and knowledge. My iwi is all about the head pressing! The accent at 9:27 That is the bro-cent! Something lots of Māori share. You can see the same tonal qualities coming through in formal speeches. I have found that generally if someone speaks with the brocent they give a fabulous speeches full of the earthy low tone that always goes down a treat. Pre colonisation Māori was a verbal not written language, so oratory is very important! Search for Whaikorero for examples of this. The hug at 11:18 You my boy should defo come to Aotearoa - New Zealand, Māori are a people that LOVE hugging. Try getting out of a Māori house without a kiss on the cheek, a hug, and a plate of food. It is frankly not possible. 16:15 beautiful places in NZ Up North is crazy beautiful. Oh my stars! You are right we are very geographically blessed, but places like Northland, and Fiordland are something else entirely. Such beauty, both in the whenua and in the people. 19:13 what the people local to the land are called Māori locals are called Mana Whenua which translates to those who have power (mana) over the land (whenua). Fun fact, the word for land whenua - is also the word that Maori use for placenta. Because they both sustain and nurture us. Another word for Māori who are from the area you are in is Tangata Whenua or people of the land. Mana Whenua are the people of the iwi that calls that place home. Loosely Iwi = tribe, and hapu = sub tribe. All iwi have a traditional place that they call home - that is called a Rohe. These were less fixed pre colonisation, but the treaty of waitangi kind of froze everything in 1840. Up north where this video is based the iwi are generally Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa and Ngāpuhi. As you get further down towards Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland - our biggest city) you will also reach land where the Mana Whenua are Ngati Whatua. An iwi ( like Ngapuhi) may have small tribes within them, these are called hapu. So within Ngapuhi you have 110 hapū - which i believe is the most hapū in an iwi. They are a biiiiig tribe, covering a big but very rural part of NZ. Generally, Māori self identify as their iwi or hapū rather than simply calling themselves Māori. So if I introduce myself, I will say I am Kaii Tahu, or Tuhoe rather than saying I am Māori. Knowing where you from, and who you are related to is a big part of Māori culture. We call it your whakapapa - or your geneaology. In the video you will notice that each person being interviewed as a little line of text under their name and their job title, this explains their iwi affiliations. If someone is Ngati Pakeha - that means they are not Māori but New Zealand European. Knowing where you come from is so big, that when Māori greet each other for the first time in a formal setting it is usually done using something called a pepeha. This is basically an introduction where you recite your ancestry, including the canoe that bought your ancestors to New Zealand, your iwi, and hapū. Many people have mixed heritage here, but the general rule is that if you whakapapa Māori - you are Māori. 19:58 our language Our language is called Te Reo Māori. Te Reo means the language, and Māori means... well Māori. Like many indigenous people our language had been under threat for a long time, but is going through a period of revitalisation now. Not every Māori person will speak Māori, but some are fluent, some have a little and some know the basics. There are some words that 90% of all New Zealanders will know in te reo Māori - this includes things like whenua (land), Kia ora (hello/greetings) and Tapu (sacred). Some people who live here arent down with people speaking in te reo Māori; I call them kūare which means ignorant. But you can call them what other folks would likely call them world wide - racist. This website www.reomaori.co.nz/ talks about Reo Māori, its celebration then its suppression and now the growth of the reo again.
Anyam1129, as a fellow New Zealander I applaud your detailed and beautifully expressed explanation of Maori and New Zealand culture. I don't know a lot of Te Reo, but watching this video did make me realise how far we've come in forging a more nuanced South Pacific identity for our post-colonial nation. It also reminds me of returning from a stint in the UK twenty years ago to find that our TV and radio newsreaders had started taking for granted that we all should be familiar with words like whenua, hui and hikoi, and this had happened just in the space of a four year absence. I started hearing about Matariki for the first time in my life, and wondered why did we never have this local midwinter celebration when I was growing up? At the same time that more te reo words were entering our national lexicon, a debate was raging over whether Te Reo should be made compulsory in NZ schools. The arguments against were all easily refuted, and it really is a shame that it didn't just become a standard curriculum for our younger generations to be freed from the burden of being momo-lingual in an increasingly cosmopolitan world. I feel awkward about getting to pronounce certain vowels and consonants in many languages that would be so easy if we all grew up having to learn Te Reo properly. Then again, perhaps the time was not yet ripe, as we don't have nearly enough Te Reo teachers for the whole motu/country. Hopefully that will be changing in the near future.
When you say you feel you're a hugger bro, know that it means you would instinctively fit in here in New Zealand. Its all about sharing that connection with each other and also the place from where we come. ✊️
How awesome that you endured the bullying yet still retained your emotional sensitivity. Small town police who work amongst their iwi (tribe) are completely different to those from the city. They conduct themselves professionally yet also let their conscience be their guide and adapt their actions to achieve win-win situations. Māori officers are generally decent people who understand they are the catalyst for change, and their desire to be excellent police officers is second only to their desire to be the best person they can. They also understand at a personal level how discriminatory the system is toward Māori and the more Māori officers we have the more likely it is that our rangatahi (young adults) will consider a career in the police force. The only way we are going to break down institutionalised discrimination is to fight it from the inside.
Hey little Brother, it's beautiful to see a man who feels deeply as I do, and I understand the discomfort that comes with the public display of emotion by a man who grew with the macho stigma attached to the male gender stiff-upper-lip syndrome. Thank God it's slowly becoming socially obsolete. Keep being the real you, people love sincerity. Living in Australia longer than I've lived in my Country of birth NZ my heart is still firmly planted in my loyalty to the land that God and my Karma selected as my entry into this finite world of ours. Of Maori, Spanish, Irish, English and African American blood for at least this lifetime I consider myself a member of the world family first and Maori secondly. We are regarded as the native citizens of New Zealand and well integrated into our general population with a proud but humble status. It's not perfect, nothing is, but I'd like to think that NZ sets an example worthy of emulation. Love your emotional openness and appreciation of cultures of all our world families.
As a kiwi (New Zealander) I thank you for the time you took to try and understand us, to help with that i'm going to translate a few phrases, that someone else who's quicker has probably done already, but y'know, she'll be right mate. First of all, i don't know much of the native language still being european or Caucasian as they call us on the census forms, but it is usually reffered to as Te Reo (te Ree-o) and most of us are taught at least basic forms of it in Highschool, that's how i know that Kai Moana is Sea Food (Kina (Kin-a) being a shellfish with retractable spines that are sometimes eaten raw out of the shell straight at the beach), Iwi (ee-wee) is the traditional name of the tribe you belong to if you are a Maori descendant, or it can specify the region/people you identify with. Hope that helps a lil, don't want to ramble on or anything though, sorry to hear you had it rough early on but i bet you'll be sweet as if you wanna come over for a visit at least ay mate, and cheers for throwing the "yeh, nah" in there, Chur Bruv and good luck with what ya do wherever you do it
Just remember, bro, if you ever get an opportunity to visit New Zealand, you'll make friends with just about any Kiwi you meet on the street, and be made to feel at home like you're one of us..at the end of the day my brother, we are all God's Children living in different parts of the world. I love your genuine reaction, and never let it bother you to let out your emotions..you even made me cry...I got emotional over this video like no one's business. I currently live in Brisbane, Australia, and have been since 2017..love this country. however, I was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Happy New Year my Hispanic brother.
Hi, I'm another Kiwi, fourth generation Scottish/ English heritage. Great video and amazing people in it. Loved your reaction. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you for your thoughts and reaction to watching this video - very honest and genuine. You have developed strength from your past experiences but have been able to keep a softer gentler aspect as well. Kia Kaha !
Me too! The Haka is so powerful even though I don't truly understand. But it pulls the heart strings every time. I have so much respect for the importance they seem to have for it.
Henare is usually Hen- ar- ray (the Maori word for the english name Henry) with the last syllable cut a bit shorter. The two titles for the Constable Jeneum King indicate her tribe (Ngapuhi- the predominant tribe in Northland)and her Iwi (extended family/like a clan) Te Rarawa. Both tribe and Iwi are overseen by elders and have a significant part in Maori Society - even MPs will typically defer to the elders and listen to their advice regarding Maori and family matters in their district. (I was born in Whangarei, the largest city north of Auckland and only 40 miles south of this area and have spent a lot of time there.) Auckland is 140 miles from there... BTW, there are some NZ movies you may want to watch: "Whale Rider" and "The Hunt for the Wilder People" both of which have a lot of Maoritanga in them.
Iwi is tribe, the smaller unit is Hapu, for example Ngati Hine is a hapu within Nga Puhi. However Te Rarawa is not part of Nga Puhi being one of the Muriwhenua tribes of the Far North.
Not sure if anyone has suggested this but under each of the Constables you can see their name in Bold, underneath that is the team that they work for within the NZ Police force and at the very bottom is their Iwi (tribe). Constable Xavier Henare (5:33) works in the Public Safety Team, and is from Ngati Hine, every now and then you will see someone who has Ngāti Pakeha at the bottom like Constable Matthew White (10:00) who also works in the Public Safety Team - Ngāti Pakeha let's us know that he is non-māori, and of European lineage. The hongi (noses and foreheads pressed together) signifies the sharing of the breath of life. Awesome reaction video by the way.
Dude, you would love it here. You would feel so at home. The Maori vowels are the same as Spanish. I used to ask my friends, when I lived in Spain, to pronounce Maori words and they would do it perfectly.
That program is looking at New Zealanders who have left to work overseas and chase the money and this advert is trying to bring them back to New Zealand, but cost of living is extremely high here, paying tax is high, something like 72000 New Zealanders left for overseas recently, All our brightest and best workers, So now we are short of front-line staff ie. Police, Nurses, Doctors, Construction workers etc.
Maybe you should be a policeman in New Zealand hey bro…nothing wrong with tears & emotion mate…it takes a stronger man to be able to show emotion & be comfortable with it…never apologise for that…
I have just subscribed to your pod cast, as I found you to be Awesome, raw emotion is amazing, I’m saddened you have had such a hurtful time growing up, but just know you are respected and cared about by us all. ❤️
1) X-avier rather than Javier. Henare is a Māori surname pronounced hen-nahh-reh and is the Māori equivalent of the English name Henry. 2) that's a hongi, it's a greeting, a bit like a handshake and is often used in formal situations/meetings 3) they are called Māori or Tangata whenua (translates to people of the land) 4) it's common for all new Zealanders regardless of race/ethnicity to mix Te Reo Māori in with their everyday English
I would have thought it's pronounced 'Zavier' though. And although te reo is increasingly being sprinkled into the national conversation through mainstream media, there seem to be a lot of mostly older people who don't like it, usually for colonialist reasons that don't stand up to post-colonialist scrutiny. I love that we are gradually becoming bilingual as it will really make it so much easier for us to properly understand our place in the South Pacific and also to be able to learn other languages more easily when we travel.
Phezz, I'm sorry the New Zealand Police made you cry. Would you like me to lodge an official complaint or give them a one star google review? Sorry to hear you went through such a traumatic experience growing up. It's crazy that events that happened in our childhood can still impact how we live as adults. It's good to know that you have come a million miles from that place and are doing well in life. I do hope that karma came for those bullies, and they have also learned a life lesson and have made personal changes, for the better of their community. All the best to you and your family. Thank you for posting and keep up the good work.
There is a whakatauki here that a saying in English. He aha te mea nui I te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people. Not my people or your people just people.
That was a cool and awesome reaction. To answer some of your questions from your video -a cul de sac is called a cul de sac in NZ -Detective Constable Xavier Henare. More than likely its pronounced "Ex-Zavier" but I don't know. Henare (Heh-nah-reh) is Maori for Henry. -The nose pressing is called a Hongi. Its a way to greet people. -The people you asked about are the Maori. We have many iwi that are like their own little nations -The language you were hearing is Te Reo Maori (literal translation: The Maori Language). Obviously each iwi have their own dialects. -The hair of those two policeladies is their own personal choice. Its not a requirement. -Spanglish. We don't have a term for it but Te Reo Maori is dropped into a lot (not by all though) conversational language and not just by the Maori. A lot of non-Maori (moreso the ones living in more highly populated Maori regions such as Northland and Tairawhiti/Gisborne) will use a Maori word in a normal conversation. In saying that... it you ever review this video again... Te Reo Maori has the same vowels as Spanish. -Not mentioned by you but each police officer had their iwi shown. Ngati Pakeha, however, meant that the person was a non-Maori. Some of the Te Reo words mentioned by the people in the video. kai (khy)- food; whanau (far-no) - family; whenua (fen-noowa) - land; iwi (e-wee) - tribe; morena (moh-reh-nah) - morning (also used to say Good morning); Kia ora (key or-rah) - Hello; rangatahi (rah-ngah-tah-hee) - teens; Pirihimana o Aotearoa - Police of New Zealand; kaimoana (khy-moh-ah-nah) - seafood; kina (kee-nah) - sea urchin; hoki mai ki te kainga (hoh-kee my kee teh ky-ngah) - they said it means "Make your move home" which it does. Literally it means "come home"; kanohi ki te kanohi (kah-noh-hee kee teh kah-noh-hee) - face to face; mahi (mah-hee) - work. Anyway bud, a great reaction; no need to justify your reaction. Keep up the awesome.
It's pronounced "zavier"; "ex-avier" is a weird recent Americanism (I suspect people read X-Men comics without having heard the name pronounced and just made something up)
I might also add please don't be ashamed to cry. Your video was about my home country and I cried through the whole thing. Happy tears I might ad. Thank you so much for sharing this and dropping your guard and expressing yourself . I love you for that. I look forward to more New Zealand videos from you. Bless you brother.
You might have noticed....not one of those cops was carrying a gun. NZ police do not carry guns, apart from the specialist armed offenders squad, who are only activated if a situation arises where they need to be armed, and that does not happen very often. Handguns and assault rifles are prohibited, and to own a gun requires very strict vetting of the individual.
Kia ora phezz, I found your video and now I'm a new subscriper, thank you for the respect and humility you show our country, and thank you for sharing a part of your story. You are a great man full of empathy because of your pain and struggles growing up. Hope you get to make it to Aotearoa soon ❤️
Hope y'all seki bro 💪🙏💯 Keen for more NZ content ! The Indigenous culture of NZ are called Māori, a culture interwoven from those in the Pacific (Polynesians).. The "Eskimo Kiss" I believe you are referring to is the traditional Māori Greeting, the Hongi. The pressing of the forehead and noses together, symbolising of the same mind/knowledge/whakapapa and breath for life.. something like that, forgive me to my Māori fams out here for any inaccuracy there lol but I agree it's a beautiful sentiment ❤️💯 Stay solid everyone 🙏❤️💯
Brother your a fantastic humble man, your a loving person stay that way and it's because your a caring wonderful human. Kiaora tatau o te whanau.. New Zealand viewer.
Most beautiful honest reaction ive seen. Firstly, I feel we are more like cousins to the Aussies and defs much nicer (not bias at all 😜🤣) but im sorry for what you had to endure in your lifetime, big loves to you and your family The "Eskimo kiss" is called Hongi which is the sharing of the breath of life for us as Māori, the language is Te reo Māori language sprinkled in with english. Whānau (sounds like far no) means family, Iwi = tribe. Our police force is encouraged to live life and gain experience and cant join the force and begin training until a certain age. Prevention and deesculation is always at the forefront. Hope that helps
New Zealand has its issues like everywhere else but you know I've lived here for 54 yrs and can say that kinda stuff doesn't really happen here and I'm proud if that. Yeah sure there's some racism here but not really in the schools that I know of with my, my kids and grandchildren, I don't really see it. You really would love to visit the communities/towns etc here.
You have to understand ,N.Z. is the place Australians go for a holiday . They are like family but" lil sister " is not flattering, and not the way Aussies feel .we learn from each other and shair a remarkable part of the planet , we shair the peace the southern hemisphere provides.
A lot of your questions will probably be answered if you react to Māori related content. I lived on the South Island for nearly a decade so I'm more familiar with Ngāi Tahu than those Iwi from Northland. The most amazing cultural component is how you introduce yourself - knowing who your ancestors are and maybe finding connections with others. Plus the way they looked like when they were touching nose called hongi.
The Maori people are the indigenous people, made up of different tribes called iwi. Te reo is the maori language and we use many maori words in everyday conversation.
You don't need to say Sorry . Its only because in my opinion you've Never encountered something like this from a far away land like NewZealand. We are Strong, Passionate and Full of love with smiles. One love to you ✌️❤
Bro you're all good, you have a cry anytime you like, I'll cry with you in happiness, sadness and with respect. 'Kia Kaha', 'Stay Strong' from New Zealand
Well done mate... takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there like that! There are plenty of resources on Maori culture and protocols, it takes more than 5 minutes to really get it! There is a sense of spirituality in this country, and we are not perfect but I am proud of where we are heading. I have lived in the North most of my life, but was brought up on the East Coast, in Gisborne which is very much like Northland in many ways. It is a great country to live in, we are not a wealthy country financially like Australia, but very rich in many other ways, as you can see from the video. Cheers bro...
Like your reactions to our Maori cultural ways. Your a real natural truthful person who respects all people a rare combination to have. Peace and blessings to you
Hey brother, sorry for your pain it’s a common problem when your not a shade of off white, Hispanic and Maori can probably share similar stories of racial prejudice. Stay strong my brother - Kia Kaha!!
Kiwi here. Love any reactions! even though our population is low so the views might reflect. You can look at things like CANZUK or NZ and AUS compared so more countries are reached. Much love ❤
We have great respect for our people and also other cultures….we are all one….big hugs to you and sorry for what u have been through. New Zealand….we love u xxx
Kia Ora Bro this video was beautiful to watch, you seem like you would fit in with the Maori culture quite naturally. The Maori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa { New Zealand } when you see them pressing forehead and nose together that is called the Hongi, when we touch forehead to forehead we are touching third eye to third eye and at the same time you are pressing nose to nose which you are sharing each others breath of life and with the third eyes touching not only do you greet in the physical but also in the spiritual. Love your spirit bro maybe you should come and live in NZ. Peace and love from the River of Whanganui ,Aotearoa, NZ✌✌✌❤❤❤
Churr Bro🤙, loved your reaction to our culture (Maori) the nose pressing is called a HONGI, It is the Maori way (honourable) of greeting one another just like a kiss hello lol.
Maori are the indigenous people here they are a tribal people their structure is Iwi then hapu same as the Scots Clan then Sept. I am a Monteith which is a Sept of Clan Grahame . And you are right most of us now use many Maori words in our conversations the language of Maori is Te Reo most of us use some of it unconsciously
I live in Kawakawa and love it. We've even got our own Steam Train and it gets robbed by bandits on horses once a year. Rootin tootin and shootin down the main street. Also a world famous flag dragging escapee dog, making a bid for freedom from outside the bakers.
Kiwi here. working over the ditch in Australia. No disrespect to the Aussies, but wow, I'm homesick, for the exact culture thats in this video. Australia and NZ are very different places. The police are your friends in New Zealand. I don't feel that way in Australia. And that's a shame.
Kia ora, the greeting of pressing eachothers noses and foreheads together is called a hongi. Its where you share the breath of life for one moment and you can really feel the aroha (love) and mana (pride). We're called Māori (maaoree, long 'a' with a roll on the 'r') I loved your video bro. Arohanui to you and your whānau ❤ P.s the Xavier is pronounced the white way usually here
when you lead with love ❤ the kindness of strangers- huge impact. great cops 👍 Indigenous people of NZ are Māori. The language is the same. Te reo Māori. When they say Whanau (farnau) it means family. iwi is the tribe you belong to - as pertaining to the region you grew up in. Every newsreader on national tv, and most tv show hosts etc, say a greeting first in Māori, then English - ALL the stations. It's respected and the culture and language is everywhere. 👍
Hi Phezz. Great video, Brother. It's great to see my fellow kiwis are helping you with some of our cultural protocols. I want to share with you my experience when we traveled to LA. We were visiting our friends. We spent nearly two weeks traveling California. Wherever we went, if I met a Latino, they would always greet me speaking Mexican. I would apologize and let them know I was from nz. To which, they would profusely apologize. But I would always tell them I was honored they thought I was Mexican. My friends, who are second Gen Mexican Americans, pre warned me it would happen, but I loved it because I met some beautiful ppl who are warm and genuine. I hope you get to our country and experience the aroha (warmth/love) that we pride ourselves with. The funniest meeting I had was when we were leaving our hotel in santa Barbara. I just finished loading our jeep and a European woman pulled up and handed me her keys to park her car. I called out to my wife, in the thickest of kiwi accents. "Aow, Babe! You wanna go for a ride in a Beemer!" The woman nearly peed herself. At which point I passed the keys to Arturo, the valet. 🤣🤣
Did you get all the answers you wanted? All the towns in the video are from the Far North region of New Zealand ('Aotearoa' in the indigenous Maori peoples' language, although it's not quite that simple lol). I'm from Kaitaia - but know all these places - as will a sizeable % of the locals - it's not that big of an area, and a lot of us have relatives right through the region, whom we visit often/from time-to-time....
Did anyone else notice “Ngati Paheka” @ 15:21 lol. As others have said the forehead and nose press is called a “Hongi”. You’ll find they even do this in Hawaii and it was displayed in Disney’s Moana muni also. We also call the side street here a Cul-Der Sac. The beginning he gave his pepeha. Thank you for opening up to us.
Aussie Police are definitely our friends too. It seems that in both countries if you're polite, respectful and honest with them, they'll treat you the same way. Personally I've never been to New Zealand, but that's the impression I've gotten from this video. The behaviour of some of the American Police from the experiences I've heard is definitely too heavy-handed. I know Aussie kids are taught that if they're lost or need help they should either find a Police Officer or go into a business to find an employee.
Our friends? Were you asleep during covid or did you not mind heavy handed tactics used against the public for as little as not wearing a mask? They aren't anyones friends.
Hey mate, here are some cool interesting facts about the nz police you may not know. So all police officers in New Zealand are trained at the nz police college, singular there is only one in the entire country and every cop goes through it. It’s in my home town of Porirua. So all those cops you saw in that video trained in my home town. It’s really cool. And my 10 year old son’s dream is to also go through police college when he’s 17, and he will achieve his dream I will help him do it. Love you video thanks for representing Aotearoa on your channel Kia ora sir 🌞🇳🇿✌🏼
Yeah so the hongi (pressing foreheads and noses together) is basically 'let us take a sacred breath together' as in let us breathe the same air together. It's a form of humility and respect I guess in the easiest words lol
That police officer's name will be the english pronunciation and by the look of it he and the other police in this video are of Maori decent. The nose to nose thing is a traditional Maori greeting. NZ have a much better relationship with their original people than Australia and America and seem to respect and protect the Maori culture.
20:00 Maori and no I don't think they are usually trying to be creole but sort of loan/lucid etc 23:44 Green sticker - New Zealand has a series of roadworthiness stickers - Green - get off, unroadworthy, Pink - get off, unsafe, Yellow - abandoned but the police know. They also have a roadworthiness system called a warrant of fitness which must be updated and medalled regularly.
New Zealand was the only country that would allow Tom Cruise to fly the helicopter in the last Mission Impossible movie also Up The Creek Without A Paddle, The Frightners with Michael J Fox was filmed here.
The gesture is called a 'Hongi' a greeting like the 'eskimo kiss' To press noses together 2x. Also to share a breath through the nose together. As a sign of mutual respect. Normally shared between two men.
Xavier is pronounced Zavier down here. The Maori vowels tend to be short, so A is pronounced as in cart, E is pronounced as in wet, I is pronounced as a long sound like sheet, O is pronounced as in hot and U is pronounced as in two. There are however longer vowels signified by having a line above the letter, such as ā. The hongi, which is the act of pressing nose and forehead to nose and forehead, is sharing the breath of life and is traced back to the Maori legends of creation of life. The Northland region is stunningly beautiful, but then again, you can say that about many part of Aotearoa New Zealand. We used to visit on holiday when I was a kid and I want to go back again.
The language you were asking about is called "Te reo Maori" or just "Te reo" (which means "the language") and the first settlers in New Zealand were the Maori in somewhere between 1320 and 1350.
Love your video. If you ever get the chance to see New Zealand, please go. It's a beautiful country full of beautiful people. It's has a laidback style even sometimes in the big smoke like Auckland which is where I grew up. New Zealand isn't everyone's cup of tea and it does have it's problems just like any other country in the world, but it's better than most. 😊❤ I miss it.
The indigenous people are Maori. I am Pakeha, this means non- Maori. We Pakeha are now all speaking a little Maori as we are seeing it and hearing it more often. You will notice that the captions in the video show Maori words after their name. The last line gives the name of their iwi (tribe). The Pakeha (including the Asian officer) have 'Ngati Pakeha which means belonging to the Pakeha iwi. The Maori greeting is the hongi, the pressing of noses. I have done this formal greeting many times.
The sharing of one breath is the pressing of the noses. The foreheads also meet which is both an acknowledgement to each others souls and each orhers ancestors.
New Zealand, our love hate relationship is funny. We will stand by eachother side and fight in combat and war 100percent. But will fight to the death over own inveted and owns pavlova 😀😃
New Zealand to me is very like Australia mostly in the roads and retail respect, sharing some brands and stuff, but yeah. It's also very much like Canada, full of quaint bushland and didn't quite get built up as their partner except in the Sydney equivalent.
that last part hit me hard the 'move back home' because I have wanted to for a few years now . I moved from New Zealand to Australia when I was 23 because i thought there was better opportunities over here and I have been and done a lot in Australia but now I'm older I wish to return home but I believe I need a base to start from in New Zealand and my sister will not let me do that from her place so I believe it would be very difficult to do this.
Nawwwwww, my bro, ur heart is pure. As our pirihimana... police say here.... make ur way home the best place to be, to grow nd to heal. AROHANUI TO U FROM AOTEAROA NZ
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I'm an Aussie and I'm always in awe of the Kiwi's and their proud heritage & culture. Aussies have a long way to go with ours and respecting the Aboriginal heritage and culture. Well done NZ and great reaction mate.
You can't force respect mate, respect is earned. You cannot shame people into respecting a culture, or a people.
Chur bro, well said , you most welcome here.
Aussie and NZ are very similar but yet very different and I’m a kiwi
Xavier over here is more likely to ne pronounced Zavier. Henare is a Māori name. It can be a Christian name OR a surname just like Malcolm or Nelson can. Your first pronunciation was correct - Hen-ar-air , just run it together smoothly.
%60 of Australians disappointed me , ANZAC , holds us together , Kiwi(Maoris had Waikato treaty Polynesian influence) an late 60's enforced it , Holyoak , Muldoon tried to hide it ,
I think the idea of the Hongi (pressing the noses together) is to share the breath of life together.
Yes we share breath together as one
It's to acknowledge each other's ancestry....breath of life is Christian ideology....
It is a sign of respect and love also
When two people Hongi are you supposed to breath in or out or does it matter.
Most bested greeting ever
Whatever you do.........no tongue.
As a mother I wanted to give you a big hug, I hate seeing people crying or upset because of things that shouldn't and don't need to happen.
One thing really stands out to me living here in NZ is that if you walked up to a cop and put your hand out they will shake it, from what I have seen from other countries that is very rare. I hope that NZ doesn't lose that as time goes by.
Bro you heard Karakia for seconds and knew it was a prayer. You are now my Canadian brother. I'm a Ngapuhi Maori from Northland and the idea of being brothers with Canada is cool as.
You're on the money with the escimo kiss. We call it hongi, nose to nose greeting embrace. The way you described it was perfect. Come on over bro there's one waiting for you.
I’ve noticed a lot of similarities between Māori and Hawaiian culture, which is surprising and not surprising at the same time (both being in the pacific but also thousands of miles apart). The hongi is called honi in Hawaii and the sound of the language is pretty similar as well. The hongi/honi is such a beautiful way to greet each other, full of respect and love.
@@anouk6644 we are the samer people, with the same cultures and near identical languages Anouk, only seperated by time and distance and thousands of miles of ocean.
Lovely sentiments, he seems to be American though but was talking about Canada in terms of the big/little sibling relationship between countries. His awareness of indigenous cultures and his own experiences as an ethnic minority really come through anyway.
@@anouk6644 Aoteoroa New Zealand was settled by Hawaiian Maori, hence the similar cultures. When Captain James Cook explored the Pacific, he recognised that Polynesians were great navigators and had one join his crew on the Endeavour (side note, I'm pretty sure that Star Trek was influenced by Cook's travels in naming Captain James Kirk and the Enterprise).
Another kiwi here.
Nothing wrong with emotion shows your human and care.
I'm 66 yo 6th generation non Maori.
The best of being a kiwi is love and respect a combination of Maori culture and parents with good values. Knowing you will make mistakes accept the consequences and move on with support from family and the community.
Stay safe my brother.
Kia ora (Hi). Most people in New Zealand know some Te Reo (the Māori language) and a lot of people just chuck it in casually. We also assume that the people (tāngata) know what we mean. Whānau - family (but it has a deeper meaning compared to the English meaning, it's more about extended family rather than just the basic family unit). Mahi - Work. Whakapapa - family history. Tūpuna - ancestors. Whenua - land. Kainga - home (usually used to mean where you grew up). I'm a Pakeha (white New Zealander) so my explanations are quite basic and Māori has quite deep and complex concepts for most of these words.
(but it has a deeper meaning compared to the English meaning, it's more about extended family rather than just the basic family unit)
Yes. But not in a good way. It's about a group of people that's so loose that no one takes responsibility. It's lead to some incredibly bad child abuse in some circumstances.
@@bernadettec2568 Kia Ora from poneke
Family and Whanau are identical in their meaning , there is no deeper sense of the word for either.
My reaction to your "policing in the far North of NZ" reaction video was also unexpected. I was inspired by your courage, empathy, compassion and aroha (love). You have what we as Maori refer to as wairua (spirt) and mana (deep respect/standing) and I have no doubt that you will feel every-bit at home here in Aotearoa New Zealand. The hongi is a greeting between 2 people where their forehead and nose touch at the same time; it symbolises giving breath of life.
I am sadden that your early years were filled with many dark moments but in spite of it all, you've become a pillar of a man.
Kia kaha
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Amene Mark!
Very well said Cuzzie 👍. We don't fear our police respect yes fear no
A police constable saying to a young person, "You are better than you are right now". Proud to be Kiwi. Plus, the support and making that lovely young women want to be in the police. Doing the right thing can change lives.
I'm a fifth generation New Zealander and seeing this brought back memories from when I worked in law enforcement. In training an emphasis was on de-escalating situations, not learning how to be Rambo in a blue uniform (by the way "constable" is the official legal designation of our police, not "officer").
Years ago when I was in the job we used to spend a few days every couple of years as guests on a Marae (traditional Maori cultural centre, for want of a better description) and just talk through issues important to them and broaden our own understanding of cultural differences.
This film is a recruiting tool for encouraging Maori to join the police and return to their traditional area where, as was shown, they are most effective in working with their own.
In New Zealand you would be hard pressed to find anyone who spoke Spanish as that is not part of our cultural history, but most non Maori would be familiar with a lot of the terms used in the clip, Kai for food, whanau for extended family and other terms have become part of our national vocabulary and are used frequently.
NZ has three official languages, Maori, English and NZ sign language.
I'm sorry that you went through discrimination, no one should ever have to put up with that rubbish but you can always move here to Australia, we would be happy to welcome you and i'm sure that our brothers and sisters in NZ would welcome you also.
Yes, we’d sort out any bastards who’d dare bully Phezz. Something should have been done 😡
The people of New Zealand are welcoming. Our prices… not so welcoming.
Amen brother.
Never apologise for being human. Massive hugs to you.
I am New Zealander and I have links back to the Northland Region. I have just come back from the region after spending New years up there with family. First off don't be sorry about expressing your emotions.
Here are some general notes:
- We do call it a cul de sac as well. Cul de sac in French literally means he bottom of a bag. Which is the shape that you get with the turning - - - Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa (New Zealand). We are not the owners but are the Kaitiaki (Caretakers/Stewards) of the country.
- Māori have an agreed upon language called "Te Reo".
- Pressing of noses is called a hongi. This is a traditional greeting where you share a breath with the other person.
- The super short hair cut on females is not necessary.
- It is becoming more common now for people to have a conversation with a mix of English and Māori.
- Kina is also know as Sea Urchin.
- Police don't routinely carry guns on them in New Zealand. The guns are kept in lock boxes in the cars and need to be signed off Sergeant before they are used in the field. Instead you'll see most Kiwi Cops carrying a Taser.
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I always thought that the act of pressing noses - was to stop the other person smacking the back of your head off, with a greenstone tool, or of fisting the others nose, because keeping noses meshed tightly between foreheads & chins, meant that kicking, hand slapping / punching etc., is 100% protected against.
Over the years it just became easier to do that than dancing around bent knees wiggling tongues at each other before fighting to the death?
No harm - no foul.
Nothing wrong with showing your emotions Newzealand is a special place and the Maori culture is ingrained in all kiwis no matter what the race that what makes us who we are
I love your reaction, I am a Kiwi but dual national with US citizenship, my fathers side of the family are from Georgia, I've always thought of moving an living in the USA to be with the family there, which is where most of my family are, but here in NZ everybody is family (whanau), in general terms the Police in the USA feel like the enemy and are to be feared, in many ways but not all, here in NZ they feel more like family who want to help you to a better life.
Being a small country our Police are either related or our neighbours lol
I'm an Aussie and I see NZ as being such a nicer place and i feel like their people have more respect for each other than say over here imo.
Australian big cities Melbourne and Sydney are far less caring than rural areas.
Nah @jemae - it's because us Kiwis (all three of us, being the walking night bird, and the two coloured human ones - white & not white) are as respectful ...
Because NZ doesn't have so your (poisonous & deadly lethal) wiggly squiggly snakes, and biting things such as fire ants etc., nor outright kick-in-the-guts-kangaroos
(although some previously contained AU bouncy haired (pest) wallabies are making a nuisance of themselves, migrating out of South Canterbury into Otago Central - around the Maniototo region)
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From what I've seen over the years, tells me that the further away from the biggest cities, in both our two countries:
Is that those furthest from the coast - tend to be the one's who have the best respect for their fellow neighbours (and "across the pond" tourists alike).
Maybe it has something to do with the salt air, drying the respect out of themselves, form anyone in a city (living amongst so many other hustling people - who by the very fact they are in huge cities), makes them lose not only time & late everywhere they go - that allows them to lose what little resect they hold of themselves, that trickles down as being no respect for all other city folk around them too.
Living in far away rural areas, as far away from populated areas as possible - in the slower paced fresher inland area environments (where the day is NOT spent watching the clock) - allows the freedom (of time) we both have - to be respectful to others,
Be it laid back watching the snow melt off mountains, or seeing "as far as the eye can see - across red dust ", maybe it's that inner and outer peacefulness - that grows better respect?
You are an amazing man brother , thank you for sharing our culture in your youtube channel. (from New Zealand)
Native ppl are Maori, Iwi is a tribe, Whanau ( Far-No) is family, Kia Ora is hello, greeting, hi etc. The Maori have there own language. Constable is police officer. They touch noses 👃. The Maori culture is MASSIVE here and it's SO IMPORTANT here by the ppl, the Government, the Schools etc...it is New Zealand 🇳🇿
Miss Ahipara you rock girl 🥰 you obviously made that constable very proud. I'm a kiwi and that made me cry too. We need so many more like that constable to reach out and touch those kids mines to be better than they are but, please share them around cos me need more doctors to come home and look after the people. Well done NZ Police. You are all so much appreciated 💗
Hang in there buddy. The past is never easy and nor will the future be but that's why we call it the past, cos its gone. The only way it can hurt you, is when you continuously allow it too. You have another life now and a happier one so breath it, embrace it and evolve 💯🧡
Absolutely. That story was very inspirational and that’s why i love our people. We all have that Aroha in us all.
Samoan Kiwi here awaiting to go to Royal Police College few months exciting
You can do it! Good luck!
Your kids have a wonderful role model, Phezz. You have a beautiful heart.
That means so much to me.
I haven't lived in NZ for 20years now. Its so great to see the police have changed their ways and connecting with the community. Well done NZ. This warms my heart
The prayer at the beginning
You are right, this is a prayer.
In Māori; a prayer is called a karakia. Some karakia are religious in the western sense, with thanks given to a christian notion of god. Many give thanks to the land, sky and water that sustains us, to our ancestors, to people who may be visiting us (manuhiri) to the people we are visiting (mana whenua), or in some cases to our atua (gods) that we had pre-colonisation.
Māori have ways of doing things; and this is called tikanga or kawa. These are certain protocol that we follow as Māori. Often this involves a karakia to open and close hui (meetings), karakia before eating kai (food) and special karakia for events like funerals (tangi) and when we welcome visitors in a powhiri or whakatau (welcoming ceremonies).
The carving at 3:26
If you see a peen, then yep! That is defo on there. In addition this carving has what we call a taiaha - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiaha. This is essentially a staff that is used for ceremonial practices and in the old times - battle.
As for the peen. Our carvings typically are anatomically correct, with the inclusion of genitalia having ties through wider themes of birth, death and renewal. Shame about our bodies really only became a thing after European settlers arrived, and at this point some of these carved statues were actually damaged - having genitalia removed by missionaries.
The carving itself is called a koruru; and it sits atop a building called a wharenui. For Māori this is a really important building, and forms the central point of a Marae. Marae are communal spaces for Māori that have spiritual and social significance. Pre colonialism we would live on marae, but now it is mostly a place for us to come together to have important meetings, mark special occasions, practice elements of Māori culture, and importantly undertake tangi/funerals. During these occasions the Wharenui will be where you physically come together, and it will also be where you sleep - side by side with your whanau (family).
The wharenui is generally a representation of an ancestor, with the koruru being the head of the ancestor, and other parts representing the arms, legs, ribs and heart. So as you walk inside a wharenui, you are walking into the past and connecting with those that have gone before you, enveloped in their protection and love.
The houses in 3:46
In some places in New Zealand all the farming buildings may be together, or all the houses of the farm workers and that is what I think you are seeing there. But, Māori also have a way of living communally called papakainga where a bunch of houses belonging to one family with multiple family members living in each one is built on Maori land.
The man at 5:27
He might be called xavier (zave-e-er) or xavier (haav-e-er) both exist here; and you really dont know until you say one of them! The last name is hen-are-a (with the a being pronounced like the letter a). That is the Māori version of henry. We have some other examples of that here, my fav being Anaru prounounced -un-a-roo. This means andrew.
The 'eskimo kiss' at 7.29
This is called a Hongi, and its a typical way of greeting each other as Māori. To hongi you press your nose and forehead together with the nose and forehead of the person you are greeting. Many people of Maori decent prefer to hongi, instead of shaking hands. It translates to the sharing of breath, and it is about creating a moment where you come together as one. The god Tāne-nui-a-Rangi, moulded the shape of the first woman, Hine-ahu-one, from earth and breathed life into her by pressing his nose against hers. It is thought that this greeting harks back to that time. Different iwi (tribes) have different approaches. For some it was only a touching of noses but others included the touching of foreheads, a metaphorical exchange of breath and knowledge. My iwi is all about the head pressing!
The accent at 9:27
That is the bro-cent! Something lots of Māori share. You can see the same tonal qualities coming through in formal speeches. I have found that generally if someone speaks with the brocent they give a fabulous speeches full of the earthy low tone that always goes down a treat. Pre colonisation Māori was a verbal not written language, so oratory is very important! Search for Whaikorero for examples of this.
The hug at 11:18
You my boy should defo come to Aotearoa - New Zealand, Māori are a people that LOVE hugging. Try getting out of a Māori house without a kiss on the cheek, a hug, and a plate of food. It is frankly not possible.
16:15 beautiful places in NZ
Up North is crazy beautiful. Oh my stars! You are right we are very geographically blessed, but places like Northland, and Fiordland are something else entirely. Such beauty, both in the whenua and in the people.
19:13 what the people local to the land are called
Māori locals are called Mana Whenua which translates to those who have power (mana) over the land (whenua). Fun fact, the word for land whenua - is also the word that Maori use for placenta. Because they both sustain and nurture us. Another word for Māori who are from the area you are in is Tangata Whenua or people of the land.
Mana Whenua are the people of the iwi that calls that place home. Loosely Iwi = tribe, and hapu = sub tribe. All iwi have a traditional place that they call home - that is called a Rohe. These were less fixed pre colonisation, but the treaty of waitangi kind of froze everything in 1840.
Up north where this video is based the iwi are generally Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kuri, Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāi Takoto, Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa and Ngāpuhi. As you get further down towards Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland - our biggest city) you will also reach land where the Mana Whenua are Ngati Whatua.
An iwi ( like Ngapuhi) may have small tribes within them, these are called hapu. So within Ngapuhi you have 110 hapū - which i believe is the most hapū in an iwi. They are a biiiiig tribe, covering a big but very rural part of NZ.
Generally, Māori self identify as their iwi or hapū rather than simply calling themselves Māori. So if I introduce myself, I will say I am Kaii Tahu, or Tuhoe rather than saying I am Māori. Knowing where you from, and who you are related to is a big part of Māori culture. We call it your whakapapa - or your geneaology. In the video you will notice that each person being interviewed as a little line of text under their name and their job title, this explains their iwi affiliations. If someone is Ngati Pakeha - that means they are not Māori but New Zealand European.
Knowing where you come from is so big, that when Māori greet each other for the first time in a formal setting it is usually done using something called a pepeha. This is basically an introduction where you recite your ancestry, including the canoe that bought your ancestors to New Zealand, your iwi, and hapū.
Many people have mixed heritage here, but the general rule is that if you whakapapa Māori - you are Māori.
19:58 our language
Our language is called Te Reo Māori. Te Reo means the language, and Māori means... well Māori.
Like many indigenous people our language had been under threat for a long time, but is going through a period of revitalisation now. Not every Māori person will speak Māori, but some are fluent, some have a little and some know the basics. There are some words that 90% of all New Zealanders will know in te reo Māori - this includes things like whenua (land), Kia ora (hello/greetings) and Tapu (sacred). Some people who live here arent down with people speaking in te reo Māori; I call them kūare which means ignorant. But you can call them what other folks would likely call them world wide - racist.
This website www.reomaori.co.nz/ talks about Reo Māori, its celebration then its suppression and now the growth of the reo again.
Anyam1129, as a fellow New Zealander I applaud your detailed and beautifully expressed explanation of Maori and New Zealand culture.
I don't know a lot of Te Reo, but watching this video did make me realise how far we've come in forging a more nuanced South Pacific identity for our post-colonial nation. It also reminds me of returning from a stint in the UK twenty years ago to find that our TV and radio newsreaders had started taking for granted that we all should be familiar with words like whenua, hui and hikoi, and this had happened just in the space of a four year absence. I started hearing about Matariki for the first time in my life, and wondered why did we never have this local midwinter celebration when I was growing up?
At the same time that more te reo words were entering our national lexicon, a debate was raging over whether Te Reo should be made compulsory in NZ schools. The arguments against were all easily refuted, and it really is a shame that it didn't just become a standard curriculum for our younger generations to be freed from the burden of being momo-lingual in an increasingly cosmopolitan world. I feel awkward about getting to pronounce certain vowels and consonants in many languages that would be so easy if we all grew up having to learn Te Reo properly. Then again, perhaps the time was not yet ripe, as we don't have nearly enough Te Reo teachers for the whole motu/country. Hopefully that will be changing in the near future.
Me too. Raewyn
Gotta say, I like the self-catch with sexisim. It's weird how it gets ingrained into culture, right? Props for recognizing it and righting it
When you say you feel you're a hugger bro, know that it means you would instinctively fit in here in New Zealand.
Its all about sharing that connection with each other and also the place from where we come. ✊️
How awesome that you endured the bullying yet still retained your emotional sensitivity.
Small town police who work amongst their iwi (tribe) are completely different to those from the city. They conduct themselves professionally yet also let their conscience be their guide and adapt their actions to achieve win-win situations.
Māori officers are generally decent people who understand they are the catalyst for change, and their desire to be excellent police officers is second only to their desire to be the best person they can.
They also understand at a personal level how discriminatory the system is toward Māori and the more Māori officers we have the more likely it is that our rangatahi (young adults) will consider a career in the police force. The only way we are going to break down institutionalised discrimination is to fight it from the inside.
Maori do not fear emotions. Its part of who we are. Great vid!
Exactly what I was thinking.
Hey little Brother, it's beautiful to see a man who feels deeply as I do, and I understand the discomfort that comes with the public display of emotion by a man who grew with the macho stigma attached to the male gender stiff-upper-lip syndrome. Thank God it's slowly becoming socially obsolete. Keep being the real you, people love sincerity.
Living in Australia longer than I've lived in my Country of birth NZ my heart is still firmly planted in my loyalty to the land that God and my Karma selected as my entry into this finite world of ours. Of Maori, Spanish, Irish, English and African American blood for at least this lifetime I consider myself a member of the world family first and Maori secondly. We are regarded as the native citizens of New Zealand and well integrated into our general population with a proud but humble status. It's not perfect, nothing is, but I'd like to think that NZ sets an example worthy of emulation. Love your emotional openness and appreciation of cultures of all our world families.
As a kiwi (New Zealander) I thank you for the time you took to try and understand us, to help with that i'm going to translate a few phrases, that someone else who's quicker has probably done already, but y'know, she'll be right mate. First of all, i don't know much of the native language still being european or Caucasian as they call us on the census forms, but it is usually reffered to as Te Reo (te Ree-o) and most of us are taught at least basic forms of it in Highschool, that's how i know that Kai Moana is Sea Food (Kina (Kin-a) being a shellfish with retractable spines that are sometimes eaten raw out of the shell straight at the beach), Iwi (ee-wee) is the traditional name of the tribe you belong to if you are a Maori descendant, or it can specify the region/people you identify with. Hope that helps a lil, don't want to ramble on or anything though, sorry to hear you had it rough early on but i bet you'll be sweet as if you wanna come over for a visit at least ay mate, and cheers for throwing the "yeh, nah" in there, Chur Bruv and good luck with what ya do wherever you do it
Just remember, bro, if you ever get an opportunity to visit New Zealand, you'll make friends with just about any Kiwi you meet on the street, and be made to feel at home like you're one of us..at the end of the day my brother, we are all God's Children living in different parts of the world. I love your genuine reaction, and never let it bother you to let out your emotions..you even made me cry...I got emotional over this video like no one's business. I currently live in Brisbane, Australia, and have been since 2017..love this country. however, I was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Happy New Year my Hispanic brother.
I have magic powers my Mum is an AUCKLAND born ARIES and my Dad is a London born ARIES (can't win em all)
Legit! Only real men cry on camera! 💯 Respect and blessings from New Zealand! 😁👍
Hi, I'm another Kiwi, fourth generation Scottish/ English heritage. Great video and amazing people in it. Loved your reaction.
Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you for your thoughts and reaction to watching this video - very honest and genuine.
You have developed strength from your past experiences but have been able to keep a softer gentler aspect as well. Kia Kaha !
Now you've got me crying I cry every time I watch a New Zealand Haka and I'm an Australian!
Me too! The Haka is so powerful even though I don't truly understand. But it pulls the heart strings every time. I have so much respect for the importance they seem to have for it.
Henare is usually Hen- ar- ray (the Maori word for the english name Henry) with the last syllable cut a bit shorter. The two titles for the Constable Jeneum King indicate her tribe (Ngapuhi- the predominant tribe in Northland)and her Iwi (extended family/like a clan) Te Rarawa. Both tribe and Iwi are overseen by elders and have a significant part in Maori Society - even MPs will typically defer to the elders and listen to their advice regarding Maori and family matters in their district. (I was born in Whangarei, the largest city north of Auckland and only 40 miles south of this area and have spent a lot of time there.) Auckland is 140 miles from there...
BTW, there are some NZ movies you may want to watch: "Whale Rider" and "The Hunt for the Wilder People" both of which have a lot of Maoritanga in them.
Iwi is tribe, the smaller unit is Hapu, for example Ngati Hine is a hapu within Nga Puhi. However Te Rarawa is not part of Nga Puhi being one of the Muriwhenua tribes of the Far North.
Not sure if anyone has suggested this but under each of the Constables you can see their name in Bold, underneath that is the team that they work for within the NZ Police force and at the very bottom is their Iwi (tribe). Constable Xavier Henare (5:33) works in the Public Safety Team, and is from Ngati Hine, every now and then you will see someone who has Ngāti Pakeha at the bottom like Constable Matthew White (10:00) who also works in the Public Safety Team - Ngāti Pakeha let's us know that he is non-māori, and of European lineage. The hongi (noses and foreheads pressed together) signifies the sharing of the breath of life. Awesome reaction video by the way.
Dude, you would love it here. You would feel so at home. The Maori vowels are the same as Spanish. I used to ask my friends, when I lived in Spain, to pronounce Maori words and they would do it perfectly.
If you ever get the chance go to new Zealand and visit the northland region, it's beautiful
That program is looking at New Zealanders who have left to work overseas and chase the money and this advert is trying to bring them back to New Zealand, but cost of living is extremely high here, paying tax is high, something like 72000 New Zealanders left for overseas recently, All our brightest and best workers, So now we are short of front-line staff ie. Police, Nurses, Doctors, Construction workers etc.
Maybe you should be a policeman in New Zealand hey bro…nothing wrong with tears & emotion mate…it takes a stronger man to be able to show emotion & be comfortable with it…never apologise for that…
Thought the same thing He'd probably make a good cop .
Agree. The Spanish vowels a e i o u - are pronounced the same in Maori. So your Te Reo/ Maori language will already have a head start.
I have just subscribed to your pod cast, as I found you to be Awesome, raw emotion is amazing, I’m saddened you have had such a hurtful time growing up, but just know you are respected and cared about by us all. ❤️
1) X-avier rather than Javier. Henare is a Māori surname pronounced hen-nahh-reh and is the Māori equivalent of the English name Henry.
2) that's a hongi, it's a greeting, a bit like a handshake and is often used in formal situations/meetings
3) they are called Māori or Tangata whenua (translates to people of the land)
4) it's common for all new Zealanders regardless of race/ethnicity to mix Te Reo Māori in with their everyday English
It's called double Dutch most of us hate it when it's rammed down our throat on TV etc
@@ronaldwarren1267 I wouldn't say most of us at all. Also double Dutch is a skipping rope game 🤣
I would have thought it's pronounced 'Zavier' though. And although te reo is increasingly being sprinkled into the national conversation through mainstream media, there seem to be a lot of mostly older people who don't like it, usually for colonialist reasons that don't stand up to post-colonialist scrutiny. I love that we are gradually becoming bilingual as it will really make it so much easier for us to properly understand our place in the South Pacific and also to be able to learn other languages more easily when we travel.
Kiwi Maori here Love that you have sheared some of your story. Your Awesome bro. Biggest Hug for you, from Auckland New Zealand...
Phezz, I'm sorry the New Zealand Police made you cry. Would you like me to lodge an official complaint or give them a one star google review? Sorry to hear you went through such a traumatic experience growing up.
It's crazy that events that happened in our childhood can still impact how we live as adults.
It's good to know that you have come a million miles from that place and are doing well in life.
I do hope that karma came for those bullies, and they have also learned a life lesson and have made personal changes, for the better of their community. All the best to you and your family. Thank you for posting and keep up the good work.
There is a whakatauki here that a saying in English. He aha te mea nui I te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. What is the most important thing in the world? It is people, it is people, it is people. Not my people or your people just people.
Mate, thanks for sharing this video and your story with us. I feel where your coming from. Hope you make it to New Zealand one day.
That was a cool and awesome reaction. To answer some of your questions from your video
-a cul de sac is called a cul de sac in NZ
-Detective Constable Xavier Henare. More than likely its pronounced "Ex-Zavier" but I don't know. Henare (Heh-nah-reh) is Maori for Henry.
-The nose pressing is called a Hongi. Its a way to greet people.
-The people you asked about are the Maori. We have many iwi that are like their own little nations
-The language you were hearing is Te Reo Maori (literal translation: The Maori Language). Obviously each iwi have their own dialects.
-The hair of those two policeladies is their own personal choice. Its not a requirement.
-Spanglish. We don't have a term for it but Te Reo Maori is dropped into a lot (not by all though) conversational language and not just by the Maori. A lot of non-Maori (moreso the ones living in more highly populated Maori regions such as Northland and Tairawhiti/Gisborne) will use a Maori word in a normal conversation. In saying that... it you ever review this video again... Te Reo Maori has the same vowels as Spanish.
-Not mentioned by you but each police officer had their iwi shown. Ngati Pakeha, however, meant that the person was a non-Maori.
Some of the Te Reo words mentioned by the people in the video. kai (khy)- food; whanau (far-no) - family; whenua (fen-noowa) - land; iwi (e-wee) - tribe; morena (moh-reh-nah) - morning (also used to say Good morning); Kia ora (key or-rah) - Hello; rangatahi (rah-ngah-tah-hee) - teens; Pirihimana o Aotearoa - Police of New Zealand; kaimoana (khy-moh-ah-nah) - seafood; kina (kee-nah) - sea urchin; hoki mai ki te kainga (hoh-kee my kee teh ky-ngah) - they said it means "Make your move home" which it does. Literally it means "come home"; kanohi ki te kanohi (kah-noh-hee kee teh kah-noh-hee) - face to face; mahi (mah-hee) - work.
Anyway bud, a great reaction; no need to justify your reaction. Keep up the awesome.
It's pronounced "zavier"; "ex-avier" is a weird recent Americanism (I suspect people read X-Men comics without having heard the name pronounced and just made something up)
I might also add please don't be ashamed to cry. Your video was about my home country and I cried through the whole thing. Happy tears I might ad. Thank you so much for sharing this and dropping your guard and expressing yourself . I love you for that. I look forward to more New Zealand videos from you. Bless you brother.
You might have noticed....not one of those cops was carrying a gun. NZ police do not carry guns, apart from the specialist armed offenders squad, who are only activated if a situation arises where they need to be armed, and that does not happen very often. Handguns and assault rifles are prohibited, and to own a gun requires very strict vetting of the individual.
Kia ora phezz, I found your video and now I'm a new subscriper, thank you for the respect and humility you show our country, and thank you for sharing a part of your story. You are a great man full of empathy because of your pain and struggles growing up. Hope you get to make it to Aotearoa soon ❤️
Hope y'all seki bro 💪🙏💯 Keen for more NZ content !
The Indigenous culture of NZ are called Māori, a culture interwoven from those in the Pacific (Polynesians)..
The "Eskimo Kiss" I believe you are referring to is the traditional Māori Greeting, the Hongi. The pressing of the forehead and noses together, symbolising of the same mind/knowledge/whakapapa and breath for life.. something like that, forgive me to my Māori fams out here for any inaccuracy there lol but I agree it's a beautiful sentiment ❤️💯
Stay solid everyone 🙏❤️💯
Brother your a fantastic humble man, your a loving person stay that way and it's because your a caring wonderful human.
Kiaora tatau o te whanau..
New Zealand viewer.
I love that you are strong enough to show your vulnerability, humanity and strength.
me too
Most beautiful honest reaction ive seen. Firstly, I feel we are more like cousins to the Aussies and defs much nicer (not bias at all 😜🤣) but im sorry for what you had to endure in your lifetime, big loves to you and your family The "Eskimo kiss" is called Hongi which is the sharing of the breath of life for us as Māori, the language is Te reo Māori language sprinkled in with english. Whānau (sounds like far no) means family, Iwi = tribe. Our police force is encouraged to live life and gain experience and cant join the force and begin training until a certain age. Prevention and deesculation is always at the forefront. Hope that helps
New Zealand has its issues like everywhere else but you know I've lived here for 54 yrs and can say that kinda stuff doesn't really happen here and I'm proud if that. Yeah sure there's some racism here but not really in the schools that I know of with my, my kids and grandchildren, I don't really see it. You really would love to visit the communities/towns etc here.
You have to understand ,N.Z. is the place Australians go for a holiday . They are like family but" lil sister " is not flattering, and not the way Aussies feel .we learn from each other and shair a remarkable part of the planet , we shair the peace the southern hemisphere provides.
A lot of your questions will probably be answered if you react to Māori related content. I lived on the South Island for nearly a decade so I'm more familiar with Ngāi Tahu than those Iwi from Northland.
The most amazing cultural component is how you introduce yourself - knowing who your ancestors are and maybe finding connections with others. Plus the way they looked like when they were touching nose called hongi.
Thank you for your honesty ❤️
The Maori people are the indigenous people, made up of different tribes called iwi. Te reo is the maori language and we use many maori words in everyday conversation.
You don't need to say Sorry .
Its only because in my opinion you've Never encountered something like this from a far away land like NewZealand. We are Strong, Passionate and Full of love with smiles. One love to you ✌️❤
Bro you're all good, you have a cry anytime you like, I'll cry with you in happiness, sadness and with respect. 'Kia Kaha', 'Stay Strong' from New Zealand
Well done mate... takes a lot of courage to put yourself out there like that! There are plenty of resources on Maori culture and protocols, it takes more than 5 minutes to really get it! There is a sense of spirituality in this country, and we are not perfect but I am proud of where we are heading. I have lived in the North most of my life, but was brought up on the East Coast, in Gisborne which is very much like Northland in many ways. It is a great country to live in, we are not a wealthy country financially like Australia, but very rich in many other ways, as you can see from the video. Cheers bro...
Like your reactions to our Maori cultural ways. Your a real natural truthful person who respects all people a rare combination to have. Peace and blessings to you
Hey brother, sorry for your pain it’s a common problem when your not a shade of off white, Hispanic and Maori can probably share similar stories of racial prejudice. Stay strong my brother - Kia Kaha!!
Kiwi here. Love any reactions! even though our population is low so the views might reflect. You can look at things like CANZUK or NZ and AUS compared so more countries are reached. Much love ❤
ANZAC never forgotten even though we were cannon fodder , Poms could'nt handle our open equality , I think they called it insubordination
Awesome bro, love from nz and thank you for sharing our love to the world
We have great respect for our people and also other cultures….we are all one….big hugs to you and sorry for what u have been through. New Zealand….we love u xxx
Kia Ora Bro this video was beautiful to watch, you seem like you would fit in with the Maori culture quite naturally. The Maori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa { New Zealand } when you see them pressing forehead and nose together that is called the Hongi, when we touch forehead to forehead we are touching third eye to third eye and at the same time you are pressing nose to nose which you are sharing each others breath of life and with the third eyes touching not only do you greet in the physical but also in the spiritual. Love your spirit bro maybe you should come and live in NZ. Peace and love from the River of Whanganui ,Aotearoa, NZ✌✌✌❤❤❤
Churr Bro🤙, loved your reaction to our culture (Maori) the nose pressing is called a HONGI, It is the Maori way (honourable) of greeting one another just like a kiss hello lol.
Maori are the indigenous people here they are a tribal people their structure is Iwi then hapu same as the Scots Clan then Sept. I am a Monteith which is a Sept of Clan Grahame . And you are right most of us now use many Maori words in our conversations the language of Maori is Te Reo most of us use some of it unconsciously
I live in Kawakawa and love it. We've even got our own Steam Train and it gets robbed by bandits on horses once a year. Rootin tootin and shootin down the main street. Also a world famous flag dragging escapee dog, making a bid for freedom from outside the bakers.
Sorry you went through that and I'm glad that you're obviously doing much better now.
Kia kaha (stay strong) 💟
Kiwi here. working over the ditch in Australia. No disrespect to the Aussies, but wow, I'm homesick, for the exact culture thats in this video. Australia and NZ are very different places. The police are your friends in New Zealand. I don't feel that way in Australia. And that's a shame.
Kia ora, the greeting of pressing eachothers noses and foreheads together is called a hongi. Its where you share the breath of life for one moment and you can really feel the aroha (love) and mana (pride).
We're called Māori (maaoree, long 'a' with a roll on the 'r')
I loved your video bro. Arohanui to you and your whānau ❤
P.s the Xavier is pronounced the white way usually here
when you lead with love ❤ the kindness of strangers- huge impact. great cops 👍
Indigenous people of NZ are Māori. The language is the same. Te reo Māori. When they say Whanau (farnau) it means family. iwi is the tribe you belong to - as pertaining to the region you grew up in. Every newsreader on national tv, and most tv show hosts etc, say a greeting first in Māori, then English - ALL the stations. It's respected and the culture and language is everywhere. 👍
Hi Phezz. Great video, Brother. It's great to see my fellow kiwis are helping you with some of our cultural protocols. I want to share with you my experience when we traveled to LA. We were visiting our friends. We spent nearly two weeks traveling California. Wherever we went, if I met a Latino, they would always greet me speaking Mexican. I would apologize and let them know I was from nz. To which, they would profusely apologize. But I would always tell them I was honored they thought I was Mexican. My friends, who are second Gen Mexican Americans, pre warned me it would happen, but I loved it because I met some beautiful ppl who are warm and genuine. I hope you get to our country and experience the aroha (warmth/love) that we pride ourselves with. The funniest meeting I had was when we were leaving our hotel in santa Barbara. I just finished loading our jeep and a European woman pulled up and handed me her keys to park her car. I called out to my wife, in the thickest of kiwi accents. "Aow, Babe! You wanna go for a ride in a Beemer!" The woman nearly peed herself. At which point I passed the keys to Arturo, the valet. 🤣🤣
As a kiwi,lollllll brilliant
I just wanna give you a big fat hug my brother!! Love your entire ahua!! Mauri ora! Mauri tau!.. we got your back... Aotearoa/New Zealand ♥️💛💚
It's great seeing our country through someone else's eyes
Did you get all the answers you wanted? All the towns in the video are from the Far North region of New Zealand ('Aotearoa' in the indigenous Maori peoples' language, although it's not quite that simple lol). I'm from Kaitaia - but know all these places - as will a sizeable % of the locals - it's not that big of an area, and a lot of us have relatives right through the region, whom we visit often/from time-to-time....
Did anyone else notice “Ngati Paheka” @ 15:21 lol. As others have said the forehead and nose press is called a “Hongi”. You’ll find they even do this in Hawaii and it was displayed in Disney’s Moana muni also. We also call the side street here a Cul-Der Sac. The beginning he gave his pepeha. Thank you for opening up to us.
Yes,I noticed Ngati Pakeha too lol.
Rural police are different I have found, rural cops want to help you anyway they can, city cops will just arrest you.
Aussie Police are definitely our friends too. It seems that in both countries if you're polite, respectful and honest with them, they'll treat you the same way. Personally I've never been to New Zealand, but that's the impression I've gotten from this video. The behaviour of some of the American Police from the experiences I've heard is definitely too heavy-handed. I know Aussie kids are taught that if they're lost or need help they should either find a Police Officer or go into a business to find an employee.
Our friends? Were you asleep during covid or did you not mind heavy handed tactics used against the public for as little as not wearing a mask? They aren't anyones friends.
it aint Sydney ,Melbourne, ANZAC keeps up together , OZ cops can be distasteful
Kudos on using "Yeah, Nah" correctly.. Solid !
I did it on accident to! lol Shows how much I have been watching videos from Oz!
Hey mate, here are some cool interesting facts about the nz police you may not know. So all police officers in New Zealand are trained at the nz police college, singular there is only one in the entire country and every cop goes through it. It’s in my home town of Porirua. So all those cops you saw in that video trained in my home town. It’s really cool. And my 10 year old son’s dream is to also go through police college when he’s 17, and he will achieve his dream I will help him do it. Love you video thanks for representing Aotearoa on your channel Kia ora sir 🌞🇳🇿✌🏼
Yeah so the hongi (pressing foreheads and noses together) is basically 'let us take a sacred breath together' as in let us breathe the same air together. It's a form of humility and respect I guess in the easiest words lol
That police officer's name will be the english pronunciation and by the look of it he and the other police in this video are of Maori decent. The nose to nose thing is a traditional Maori greeting. NZ have a much better relationship with their original people than Australia and America and seem to respect and protect the Maori culture.
Treaty of Waitangi did that , via Tahiti , Polynesia
20:00 Maori and no I don't think they are usually trying to be creole but sort of loan/lucid etc
23:44 Green sticker - New Zealand has a series of roadworthiness stickers - Green - get off, unroadworthy, Pink - get off, unsafe, Yellow - abandoned but the police know. They also have a roadworthiness system called a warrant of fitness which must be updated and medalled regularly.
It's reverse creole - more and more Te Reo (Māori) is coming into casual NZ English
New Zealand was the only country that would allow Tom Cruise to fly the helicopter in the last Mission Impossible movie also Up The Creek Without A Paddle, The Frightners with Michael J Fox was filmed here.
The gesture is called a 'Hongi' a greeting like the 'eskimo kiss' To press noses together 2x. Also to share a breath through the nose together. As a sign of mutual respect. Normally shared between two men.
Xavier is pronounced Zavier down here. The Maori vowels tend to be short, so A is pronounced as in cart, E is pronounced as in wet, I is pronounced as a long sound like sheet, O is pronounced as in hot and U is pronounced as in two. There are however longer vowels signified by having a line above the letter, such as ā.
The hongi, which is the act of pressing nose and forehead to nose and forehead, is sharing the breath of life and is traced back to the Maori legends of creation of life.
The Northland region is stunningly beautiful, but then again, you can say that about many part of Aotearoa New Zealand. We used to visit on holiday when I was a kid and I want to go back again.
The language you were asking about is called "Te reo Maori" or just "Te reo" (which means "the language") and the first settlers in New Zealand were the Maori in somewhere between 1320 and 1350.
Love your video. If you ever get the chance to see New Zealand, please go. It's a beautiful country full of beautiful people. It's has a laidback style even sometimes in the big smoke like Auckland which is where I grew up. New Zealand isn't everyone's cup of tea and it does have it's problems just like any other country in the world, but it's better than most. 😊❤ I miss it.
Vertical Limit was filmed here. I started working in the village where the production was based a year later. Heard a lot of stories 😅
The indigenous people are Maori. I am Pakeha, this means non- Maori. We Pakeha are now all speaking a little Maori as we are seeing it and hearing it more often.
You will notice that the captions in the video show Maori words after their name. The last line gives the name of their iwi (tribe). The Pakeha (including the Asian officer) have 'Ngati Pakeha which means belonging to the Pakeha iwi.
The Maori greeting is the hongi, the pressing of noses. I have done this formal greeting many times.
The sharing of one breath is the pressing of the noses. The foreheads also meet which is both an acknowledgement to each others souls and each orhers ancestors.
New Zealand, our love hate relationship is funny. We will stand by eachother side and fight in combat and war 100percent. But will fight to the death over own inveted and owns pavlova 😀😃
Straya.
En Zed .
geeze dont mention fireblight apples an Manuka Honey ,lol
New Zealand to me is very like Australia mostly in the roads and retail respect, sharing some brands and stuff, but yeah. It's also very much like Canada, full of quaint bushland and didn't quite get built up as their partner except in the Sydney equivalent.
no gorse in oz lol
that last part hit me hard the 'move back home' because I have wanted to for a few years now . I moved from New Zealand to Australia when I was 23 because i thought there was better opportunities over here and I have been and done a lot in Australia but now I'm older I wish to return home but I believe I need a base to start from in New Zealand and my sister will not let me do that from her place so I believe it would be very difficult to do this.
Nawwwwww, my bro, ur heart is pure. As our pirihimana... police say here.... make ur way home the best place to be, to grow nd to heal. AROHANUI TO U FROM AOTEAROA NZ
4:00 That's a town
a cul-de-sac is a no-exit street - it literally means "end of the bag" i.e. there is only a single entry and exit ,like a bag has
4:05 Kiwi here, we just call them a dead end street
They are sharing the breath of life with each other. Its called Hongi.
The head to head and nose to nose thing is called a Hongi in the Maori culture. It is a formal way of greeting.