Naida Glavish Naida Glavish Dame Rangimarie Naida Glavish is a New Zealand politician and Māori community leader from the Ngāti Whātua iwi. From 2013 to 2016, she was President of the Māori Party. Glavish first came to national attention in 1984, when she was a telephone operator for the New Zealand Post Office, and used the Māori language greeting "kia ora" when dealing with callers. She was threatened with dismissal by her supervisor, but the prime minister of the day, Robert Muldoon, supported Glavish's use of the phrase. A member of Mana Motuhake, Glavish stood for the Alliance in the Te Tai
Ora TV on September 8, 2016 and featured 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump was the spark of a controversy. Numerous media outlets reported the interview was done by Russian state owned, 'Kremlin-backed' television. Ora TV released a statement clarifying that the content is licensed to RT America but produced independently from the network. Ora TV Ora TV is a television production studio and on-demand digital television network launched in 2012 by television host Larry King and funded by América Móvil, a business venture of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim. Ora (which means "now" in Italian) both produces and distributes television shows including Emmy-nominated