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
Come What May (band) Come What May (band) Come What May is an American rock band and they primarily play melodic hardcore and melodic metalcore. They are from Athens, Georgia. The band started making music in 2009. The band released a studio album, "Strange Dialect", in 2012 with The Cadence Music Group. Come What May is a hardcore and metal band from Athens, Georgia. Their members are vocalist and guitarist, Joey Hreha, vocalist and keyboardist, Timothy Watts, guitarist, Evan Cerwonka, bassists, Garrett Lennox, and drummer, Patrick Farace. The band commenced as a musical entity in May 2009, with their first release, "Strange Dialect", a