Jason Momoa arrives in to Auckland, NZ & is greeted with a pōwhiri 

Who wouldn't like a greeting like that!? That was awesome!!

He has been here a few times and is known to love Māori culture and has embraced doing the haka himself. We love him as well 😍

Fellow Polynesians

"our beautiful Māori people" Oh yes. How wonderful the maori people are. Let us bless them. Let is hold them up high and show the world how great the are. News headline from the Rotorua Daily Post newspaper: "Child, 2, dies after Rotorua driveway accident, family member steals from doctor trying to save child's life" As hospital staff tried to save the life of a 2-year-old boy run over in a Rotorua driveway, a family member swiped a doctor's two phones and a bank card and went on a spending spree. The child died a short time later but Melissa Herewini (A MAORI) had already taken the bank card to four stores in Rotorua and bought alcohol, food, petrol, phone credit and cigarettes.

Love him, & Love how people continue keeping their Culture alive!!!! LOVE IT ALL!!

They. Chose who they greet obviously cause they don't greet everyone 🤔

He is one of us and we are welcoming this brother home.

Exactly, we all have walked many different lives & wore many different skins, we are one humans 🙏✨️💝✨️

Me too! ❤

It always brings me to tears because it's so genuine, raw, and powerful.

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I feel the same way ..So beautiful and touching ❤️😢 it must be such an honor to be greeted like that.

Who are you talking bout ....who is Jacinda ?

@@sarahhernandez1015 NZ Prime Minister.

what do you mean one of us?

@@yolotoko2393 et!! what do you mean???

Same here, this greeting is a grand expression of welcoming and love.

Such a beautiful tradition! I'm SO happy it's revered by the people and being kept alive!!! ❤

I love maori culture, they preserved traditional architecture 'marae', clothing, art, craving and tradition, same with Hawaiian, Samoan, Tongan and Fijian, Bure and Fale architecture, the temple 'polyneisan marae' or 'heiau' similar to Indonesian and Malaysia temple 'step pyramidal temple' like 'Candi kethek', Candi Cetho', Candi sukuh, Borobodur in Indonesia and Candi Batu Pahat in Malayisa,. i also learn about others austronesian group in Indonesia and Malaysia, Javanese architecture 'rumah Joglo', Minangkabau 'rumah gadang', Malays 'Balai Adat Melayu' and many more, Balai/Bahay/Bale/Bure/Fale/Hale have same roof for 'house, hall and building'.

Arohamai I just have to add the Northern iwi who drop the W.

Thanks very much for this explanation!

So true. Big respect!

🤎🌿 nga mihi e hoa, we are very resilient. Your culture is one of the most amazing cultures to have existed, I only wish for your culture to thrive as much as it deserves. Your ancestors and people are so beautiful

Sorry I just have to clarify, did you mean he is the only one who understands this kind of reception?

Coz maybe he's that one Hollywood celebrity who's sharing the culture out there.

I'm pretty sure the royals get this type of reception also. King Charles will get it again when he comes to NZ.

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Far more patient than I would be after a long flight in an airport but it was a beautiful presentation.

Same here am also touched by the warm welcome even if i dont understood their language.

Correction to my message. I dont understand instead of understood. Thanks.

So sad that The Native Americans , a true, old , native people of their own kind have been stripped of that regard and respect just because they were exposed to white races back then .

I know exactly what you mean

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Whatever

Of all things you could think of? it's his hat on his head and his hands in his pockets. He's a mortal, not a God. Don't you think he might be hungry, tired and in need of a hot shower after a 15 hour flight. Although he is humble and appreciative of such a heartfelt greeting, he isn't the type to stand on ceremony. Being a free spirit is part of what makes him unique and so well loved.

In compare with so many hours at your phone or computar ...come on . .respect!!! This is pure gold

Come to our country and you’ll find them everywhere 😉😂

If he came from LA, it was about 12 hours. If it was United, it leaves LA 10 at night arrives in NZ 7 am their time. I've worked it many times so I know he was tired. But he still seemed respectful and appreciative. he seems cool

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May Jah’s blessings rain down upon you and your loved ones forever…I envy and admire the Maori people at the same time…Many of my ancestors were lost on the voyage of no return during the Atlantic slave trade…Only the toughest and strongest among us survived…Jah’s blessings to the Maori warriors forever and ever…

Such a gorgeous culture. ❤

There is one, but it was made so that families could wait with their dead relatives instead of leaving them on a rack in the NZ post Hangar to fly out. It's name is "Te Maanukanuka o Hoturoa" and was petitioned by Te Waiohua elder Danny 'Mac' Rakena and my Dad Ngati kuri elder and Apotoro rehita Whare Mehana. and commissioned by The AIAL representatives were John Goulter and Tom Waitford.

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I highly doubt it. He understands our culture. Embraces it even. So this would be awesome for him. Something certain people do not understand