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Today marks the start of Te Wiki o te reo Maori (Maori Language Week), with the theme of names. Rotorua Daily Post senior reporter Greg Taipari looks into the significance of Maori names to Te Arawa.

A couple getting married in Auckland, New Zealand last week were moved to tears while watching friends and family perform the haka, a traditional Maori chant, at their wedding reception.