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Mark Solomon of Ngāi Tahu (left) greets Thomas Smith of Tainui with a hongi, a Māori greeting. The two tribes formalised a fisheries joint venture at this meeting at Tainui headquarters in Hopuhopu.

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Edward Ellison, Ngā haumi a iwi – Māori investment – Post-settlement corporate structures, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23142/hongi (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Edward Ellison, published 3 March 2010.