Forgive my ignorance, but is "Kia ora", a Kiwi term?
'Cos in the UK, we got Kia Ora soft-drink stuff (it's like a cordial)
And what does it mean? (I mean, I can guess that it is a greeting)

I dunno, it's like, 0700hrs here, 'cos the kids have woken me up (grr@them)