The session ended with a mihi in te reo from two women in the audience. |
When I rose to welcome us all with a short mihi in Maori, my reception was a stunned and stony silence. |
They show their appreciation when they are entertained by mihi of welcome in the Maori language. |
Before beginning this discussion, appropriate protocols such as karakia and mihi were observed. |
There he was on election night standing as the pillar of society giving a mihi, and yet everybody there knew he was facing these charges. |
He started off with a very long mihi, I am told, which was very good on pronunciation. |