The Kia Ora Incident The Kia Ora Incident The Kia Ora Incident is an incident that took place in 1984, at a time when the use of Māori phrases was uncommon in New Zealand. An Auckland telephone operator, Naida Glavish, was instructed to stop using ""kia ora"" when greeting callers after the post office had received a complaint. She refused to do so and was consequently stood down, with the whole affair attracting much public interest. The Postmaster-General, Rob Talbot, convinced the Prime Minister, Robert Muldoon, to overturn that prohibition. This event is considered key in the movement to revitalise Te Reo Maori. A
Ora Carew The couple had one daughter, Lotus Grant (October 20, 1909 – June 25, 2007). Ora was eighteen when Lotus was born. Ora and Harry divorced before 1920. She remarried, to John C. Howard, in December 1922 in Hollywood, California and they divorced in 1924. Ora Carew Ora Carew (August 13, 1893, Salt Lake City – October 26, 1955, Los Angeles), born Ora Whytock, was a silent film actress. She starred in several films between 1915 and 1925 when she retired from the industry. She was known as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties. Carew was born April 13, 1891 in