Now Is The Hour (Po Atarau)

[orcly1]

Nice one guys.

[tipanaa]

Young fella has a good voice - should let it out to run more often (such as in the second verse)

[Wainiviti]

nice vibes........sad song!....Bless up!



[cscdigitalgraphics]

Nicely done. Beautiful song and beautiful voices. 

[mathieuemi666]

Nice! However I don't consider this song to come from New Zealand but Australia.

[Chownz]

Kia kaha, absolutely fantastic well done, I'm proud to be a Maori and Kiwi! Tu Meke

[SeniorSuperstud]

I live in Scotland but I must admit that this Maori farewell song is as beauitiful as our own Auld Lang Syne.

[whitedove886]

awesome ....this song was sung at my dads funeral....it will always have personal meaning for me ...

[Clinton52732]

My grandpa died in 1948, four years before I was born, but I was told that this was one of his favorite songs, and it was playing on the radio when my grandma got word that he'd been electrocuted at work. I've always loved this song, and this is a beautiful rendition of it!

[okesaita]

Made me all teary-eyed, and I miss my homeland of Aotearoa...the land of the long white cloud. :)

[VizionOn]

Beautiful song, sung with passion and heart, wonderful talent and voices, thank you.

[bananajuice123]

i miss home!! carnt wait to be back in 'THE BAY'(hawke's bay!)

[LydiaJoy82]

How beautiful !!!!!!!!!

[michaelkatwoosh]

Makes me really homesick

[ConstanceMarkiewicz]

Lovely voices.

[happyg1167]

I learnt this on the bagpipes 30 years ago as a kid. I had no idea of its roots. Wonderfully harmonic singing. Sends a shiver down the spine.

[AkkordionBloke]

Pō atarau

E moea iho nei

E haere ana

Koe ki pāmamao

Haere rā

Ka hoki mai anō

Ki i te tau

E tangi atu nei

[AlexDeMenera]

This is absolutely incredible, guys~

any chance i could get my hands on sheet music for this at all?

[whatitiritewake]

WARMS THE WAIRUA (spirit)

[alantie2009]

Beautiful! My favorite one of your videos. Thanks for sharing!

[psloveme]

GORGEOUS!

[srebrenika]

wonderful rendition of this lovely song. Kei te pai (very good) thanks for sharing it with us.

[Marangai007]

From what I remember being told, it was composed way back in the early 1900s (1915-1920) by Maewa Kaihau. It was sung as a farewell to the Maori soldiers of WWI... Wartime singer Gracie Fields learnt this song when she visited here in 1945... She sang an english variant of it which became a world hit in 1948... I host some tour groups here in Rotorua and Po Atarau is the song I sing when I farewell them... It's amazing how many people are shocked to discover it has its history here in NZ...

[Marangai007]

And BTW, beautiful rendition and arrangement guys, you have wonderful voices.... :D

[barbenH]

You are correct!!! I was told the same thing.

[zenboy64]

Wow! Fantastic. Kia ora ra.

[7R35944]

Beautiful! My Uncle used to sing this to my Aunty when he set sail during WW2. Does anybody know who these three are?

[bumblewumble]

We (I'm the guy) are just three friends from Wellington, NZ, who like to sing together. Thanks for the comment!

[Sennaye]

Awesome, gave me goosebumps! :-)

[unhooked25]

Thank you so much for posting this. And those three people who sang it. Of course me who is really a kiwi who left New Zealand over 40 years ago. It was such a pleasure to hear this after all this time of being away. I was only a child of 8 when our family left for Canada. I sound just like a Canadian when I talk but deep down inside I'm still a KIWI.

[rewamaorigurl]

im with the rest of the whanau that has commented... i admit i shed a tear this is one of the waiata we sing at our tangi.... wish i was back home too!! heoi ano kia kaha e hoa ma ki te tautoko te reo tino taonga o a matou iwi!!

[FarBeyondDriven247]

Wonderful singing! Perfect harmony! 5 stars for you all! :)

[WriterWench]

My Kiwi dad could never hear this without weeping. He'd fought in WWII and it brought back those times to him.

[phatest]

My Great Grandmother wrote this song...

[kiwichick1960]

Absolutely awesome. Feeling homssick more than ever now.

[craziwoman12]

haha sayme i miss mi aotearoa lol

[FrankYou222]

Lovely, absolutely lovely. Ka pai.

[bartman24]

its was said that the moari battalion sang this before the left for war

thks guy & gals

[fiesta142]

Thankyou from an ex pat kiwi, very meaning ful.

[koncretegorilla]

Ahh.. arohanui o tenei ra, ka pai nga maoritanga, ka pai

[alesys147]

wow...kia kaha u 3....

kapai... :)))

[ianwhite12000]

LOVELY.

Homesick Kiwi in Hungary.

[jd8]

Beautiful!

[Thassrightbaby]

Haha kool! Very unexpected from the 3 of you :)