Posted by Prue Eckett on January 03, 2005 at 23:24:14 from 222.152.169.225 user PrueEckett.
In Reply to: Re: Still more on Rubbing Noses posted by andyb on January 02, 2005 at 22:54:39:
The 'hongi' or Maori greeting involves touching the side of each nostril with the visitor's nose, taking in the breath of the tangata whenua or people of the land. Another televised incident was when the Beatles came to NZ in 1963 and Paul McCartney hongi'ed with enthusiasm.