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  • Singapore uses play on Māori word kia ora

    Singapore telecommunications company name their peer to peer mobile service kiora – a play on the Māori word – Kia ora. Initially I read about this at http://www.brownpages.co.nz (which is a great new blog I just came across on Twitter) which made me think about the issue of international companies using Māori culture and words.…

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  • Cybersquatting in the .maori.nz

    Since 2001 when .maori.nz was introduced there have been at least 34 cases of cyber squatting that i am personally aware of. The biggest culprit bulk registered a number of tribal names the second .maori.nz was introduced, then put them up for sale often at 100 times the original price. We the Maori Internet Society…

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