Oh dear BBC

I had a sudden vision of Prince Harry taking part in a haka, though somehow that could be entirely in character.

Oops!??I thought it was a phonetic version of Māori which was used later in the paragraph!

MawtheMerrier

MaizieD

It looks like a play on words to me, too, Maw.

But what is 'Mauri' all about? I've no idea, please enlighten me.

I take it back - see what you mean.
But say “Mauri” out loud and you’ll hear what it should have been.

Nope. Sounds like morey (a non word) to me. Still none the wiser. What is the context?

I believe that "mauri" is a word in the Maori language.

maoridictionary.co.nz/search?&keywords=mauri

It was The Metro who used the ‘handing over the reigns’ line
It’s quoted here too. It’s not a mistake

MaizieD

It looks like a play on words to me, too, Maw.

But what is 'Mauri' all about? I've no idea, please enlighten me.

I take it back - see what you mean.
But say “Mauri” out loud and you’ll hear what it should have been.

They are quoting the above headline though!
It’s a ‘what the papers say’ piece

It looks like a play on words to me, too, Maw.

But what is 'Mauri' all about? I've no idea, please enlighten me.

I’m not convinced it’s a play on words- I think it’s just because they got it wrong ☹️☹️☹️

Yes. It’s because it’s a quote. Sorry Maw!

Is it because the BBC website is quoting the news headlines (as pictured above?)
The headline quoted (I can’t make out which paper it is) is clearly using the word ‘reigns’ as a play on ‘reins’.
I’m not sure; the jury is out!