Open AccessThe impacts of COVID-19 on hongi and the advent of the ‘East Coast Wave’
Author(s) -
Byron Rangiwai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kaharoa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-6035
DOI - 10.24135/tekaharoa.v15i1.289
Subject(s) - covid-19 , east coast , third wave , history , geography , oceanography , geology , virology , medicine , sociology , political economy , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
First, this article will explain the origins of the hongi. Second, this paper will describe COVID-19. Third, this article will discuss the advent of the ‘East Coast Wave’ as a means of temporarily replacing the hongi in response to the threat of COVID-19.