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Hei-tiki

Several actors who have recently appeared in high-profile movies filmed in New Zealand have come back wearing such jewellery, including Viggo Mortensen of The Lord of the Rings fame who took to wearing a hei matau around his neck.


A Meeting with Medusa

After several years and many trials, the expedition is launched, with Falcon at the controls of the Kon-Tiki, a hot-hydrogen balloon-supported craft that descends through the upper atmosphere of Jupiter.

Alfred Henningsen

Henningsen became acquainted with Thor Heyerdahl during the liberation of Northern Norway, and in 1947 he was asked to join the Heyerdahl-led Kon-Tiki expedition.

Amy Steinberg

She currently lives in Matthews, North Carolina with her two dogs, Luna and Tiki and her two cats, Ico and Doodie-Dot,

Azerbaijan International

Humorous description and sketches of Thor Heyerdahl’s 5,000-mile voyage on the Kon-Tiki raft across the Pacific Ocean from Peru to the Polynesian Islands.

Besiyata Dishmaya

The reason for the common use of the three-letter acronym, בס"ד (BS"D), is probably because it does not contain the Hebrew letter Hei ('ה), that is used to imply the name of God, and for this reason, a page which contains the letters בס"ד (BS"D) without any other Torah content does not require Genizah (a process for writings that contain the name of God), and thus can be thrown away without a fear of desecration.

Claire Vanhonnacker

She is best known for her Dutch interpretation of Larry WeissRhinestone Cowboy as ‘Vreemde Vogels’ and ‘Op de purp’re hei’.

Fisherman's Village

A date scene for an episode of More to Love was filmed aboard the Tiki Mermaid Charter boat in 2009.

Gary Mendell

A Cornell ('79) and Wharton grad, Mendell went on to co-founded HEI’s predecessor in 1985, which became one of the fastest growing hotel investment firms in the United States.

Gil Reavill

Reavill's ghostwriting collaborations include projects with Terri Irwin, the widow of Steve Irwin (Steve & Me: Life with the Crocodile Hunter), Tiki Barber (Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond) and Jerry Heller (Ruthless: A Memoir).

Hannes Lindemann

He was motivated to make the trips by an interest in how the human body and mind respond to survival at sea, a theme which the Kon-Tiki (1947) and Alain Bombard (1952) explored in earlier ocean voyages.

Harbin Z-19

WZ-10 is named as Fierce Thunderbolt (Pi Li Huo, 霹靂火), the nickname of Qin Ming, while WZ-19 is named as Black Whirlwind (Hei Xuan Feng, 黑旋風), the nickname of Li Kui.

Hei Tiki

Hei Tiki also known as Primitive Passions and Hei Tiki: A Saga of the Maoris was a 1935 American film made in New Zealand by the eccentric Alexander Markey, and released with sound added in America.

Hung Hei-gun

Jet Li played Hung Hei-gun in the 1994 film New Legend of Shaolin, which was loosely based on his life and mixed with elements from the Japanese series Lone Wolf and Cub.

It's Five O'Clock Somewhere

The tiki bar featured in the video is the Square Grouper in Jupiter, Florida, near Jackson's home.

Jennifer McMahon

McMahon also has a book of lesbian teen fiction, entitled My Tiki Girl, which was released by Dutton Children's (an imprint of Penguin Group) in May 2008.

Joachim Rønning

His 2012 film Kon-Tiki was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards.

Kate Barber

She was once interviewed on the NBC Today Show by American football player, Tiki Barber, where it was revealed that she received her nickname "Tiki" because of his nickname.

Kent Tritle

Tritle’s artistic collaborations include those with Susanne Mentzer, Susan Graham, Renée Fleming (for BBC Wales), Jessye Norman, Sherrill Milnes, Marilyn Horne, Tony Randall and Hei-Kyung Hong, Barbara Dever, André Previn and Yo-Yo Ma.

Kon-Tiki Nunatak

It was first seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) and named after the raft Kon-Tiki which was sailed across the Pacific Ocean from East to West in 1947 by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

Mark T. Vande Hei

In June 2009, Vande Hei was selected as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 and he completed astronaut candidate training in June 2011.

Mil Mi-28

Rounds from High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) to Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS) can be used.

Mong Kok Stadium

Sun Hei won the game 5-0, Sun Hei players Cheng Siu Wai is the first player to score a goal; while Barry is the first player to score a hat-trick at the newly renovated stadium.

MTY Food Group

They are Thaï Express, Country Style, Groupe Valentine, Vanelli's, Cultures, La Cremiere, Sushi Shop, Veggirama, Caferama, O'burger, Tiki Ming, Vie & Nam, Au Vieux Duluth Express, FrankxSupreme, ChicknChick, Croissant Plus, Koya Japan, Kim Chi, Panini, Tandori, Tutti Frutti, Villa Madina Mediterranean Cuisine, Sukiyaki, and the Canadian branches of Yogen Früz, Taco Time, and TCBY.

National Radio Company

In 1947, a National model NC-173 receiver went along with Thor Heyerdahl on the Kon-Tiki expedition.

Pavel Pavel

Inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki, Pavel Pavel set out to demonstrate how the monolithic Moai of Easter Island might have been moved into place by a small number of people using only rudimentary technologies.

Reinoud II van Brederode

Reinoud II van Brederode (Santpoort, 1415 – Vianen, 16 October 1473) was lord of Vianen, Ameide, Lexmond, Hei- en Boeicop, Meerkerk, Tienhoven and Twaalfhoven.

Robert Drasnin

In 2005 Robert Drasnin was invited to perform at The Hukilau—a 3-day Hawaiian/Tiki festival in Ft.

Sun Hei SC

In season 2011-12, the team changed its name to Sunray Cave JC Sun Hei due to sponsorship from Sunray Cave and JC Group, a company owned by Jackie Chan.

As Sun Hei has refused to take part in the NOW TV broadcast agreement, it will not have its home games shown live on Now TV, its personnel will not be interviewed, it will not share any potential TV income and its sponsors' names will not be mentioned on Now TV broadcasts.

Susan and the Surftones

Nissan (Italy) used two of their tunes, their cover of Ghost Riders in the Sky and Moon Woman ‘42, in a promotional DVD in 2005. They performed a showcase at the ROCKRGRL Music Conference in Seattle in 2005 and have played halftime shows for the NBA Portland Trail Blazers. In 2007 two of their original tunes (Tiki Kiki and The Blue Hammer) were used in MTV’s The Real World: Sydney.

The Life and Times of a Sentinel

Grace Wong as Ngan Yeung-suet (顔映雪), officially Consort Wai (惠妃) — Hong-hei's consort.

Tiki 100

Due to a dispute with Thor Heyerdahl, famous for his Kon-Tiki raft used in his expedition in 1947, the name was later changed to Tiki 100.

Tiki bar

The Tonga Room of the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco is an iconic tiki bar operating since 1945, and undergoing a number of facelifts over the years.

Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware

It is most likely a compound word combining two Polynesian terms, Tiki and Wiki, to create a self-rhyming name similar to wikiwiki, a common variant of wiki.

Untitled Cameron Crowe project

An upcoming romantic comedy film, currently untitled (initially titled Deep Tiki) will be directed by Cameron Crowe, and is adapted from his own screenplay.

Waldorf Hotel

The Waldorf Hotel in Vancouver hotel built in 1947 containing the oldest Tiki bar in the world.


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