Definitions

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  • noun New Zealand A protest march, typically involving a long journey.
  • verb New Zealand To participate in a hikoi.

Etymologies

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From Maori  ("ceremonial march").

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Examples

  • One of the high points of the hikoi will be a dawn service and ceremony featuring the waka fleet on February 11 at Okura, Rawene, commemorating the meeting place of all Rangatira of Hokianga prior to the signing of the Treaty at Mangungu Mission in Horeke.

    ScreenTalk 2010

  • Ordinary Māori, many of whom were victimized by the police raids, descended upon Parliament today in a hikoi mass march, and beg to differ.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • In our time, these disputes gave rise to protests, including land rights hikoi, and, more recently, have prompted hopeful participation in partnership deals between Maori and Pakeha.

    ScreenTalk 2010

  • A hikoi or protest march against the proposed amalgamation of Auckland's districts into one

    WN.com - Articles related to Rabies toll up as dogs roam holiday haven 2010

  • The decision was welcomed by local hapu Ngati Kere, which plans to hold a hikoi along that paper road today.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • He has been doing exactly that and has just finished an extensive hikoi visiting most of the East Coast, much of the Central North Island and the Whanganui River.

    Scoop Audio and Video Podcast 2010

  • Manurewa's hikoi will leave from Northcrest carpark at 1pm on Sunday, 15 August, and arrive at Manukau Square at 2pm that same day (no reserve day).

    SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists - "The Total Passion for the Total Height" 2010

  • I hikoi atu aua kuri e toru ki runga rawa o te ara heke mai ki tona whare, a, e ai ki a

    New Zealand Herald - Top Stories 2010

  • Stage three of the cannabis Armistice Tour kicks off on Wednesday, August 11 and will cover the entire country before a hikoi to Parliament on Armistice Day, November 11.

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • "The hikoi will be supported by a fleet of 12 waka - including the waka taua Ngatokimatawhaorua, which will make its much-anticipated return to the Hokianga."

    ScreenTalk 2010

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