Kia ora speaker themselves. New Zealand's national airline, Air New Zealand, uses "Kia Ora" as the name for its inflight magazine. Water Safety New Zealand, a water safety advocacy organisation, has a specific Māori water safety programme, "Kia Maanu Kia Ora", which makes use of the literal meaning of kia ora, as their message translates as "stay afloat; stay alive". 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
Ora (mythology) Ora (mythology) Ora (Albanian: Orë, definite form: Ora, pl.: Orët) is a mythological aspect in Albanian mythology and popular belief. In Albanian folklore Ora is a mystical attribute that every human possesses from birth. Depending on the personality of the human, the spirit Ora may have a white face ("faqebardhë") if the person who possesses it is brave and industrious, or it may have a black face ("faqezezë") if the person who possesses it is lazy or cowardly. Oras live in the forests, in the mountains, near the streams and lakes or in caves. Baron Franz Nopcsa releted the term