
thumb|A United States Air Force|U.S. airman and a Māori warrior exchange a during a [[pōwhiri ceremony.]] thumb|upright|Two Māori women exchange a , 1913.
thumb|A United States Air Force|U.S. airman and a Māori warrior exchange a during a [[pōwhiri ceremony.]] thumb|upright|Two Māori women exchange a , 1913.
The '''' () is a traditional Māori greeting performed by two people pressing their noses together, often including the touching of the foreheads. The greeting is used at traditional meetings among Māori people, and at major ceremonies, such as a pōwhiri. It may be followed by a handshake. It is a unisexual gesture, although women may be greeted by the post-colonial practice of a kiss on the cheek. The receiver signals by leaning forward with their eyes closed.
Discovered by embedding cosine similarity (sentence-transformers MiniLM, 384-dim).