New Zealand - Kainga Tuturu

[sportypaulos]

I have a few NZ friends and Family living overseas, so just posted this on my fb page for them.

[Taylawrz1420]

Luv dis song coz im PROUD to be a new zealander

[mikeshearer1250]

This song makes me PROUD to be a New Zealander. ABSOLUTLY LOVE this song!!!!!

[TheMasterStubbs]

Let's face it. You were here for Steins;Gate.

[GabrielleA500]

This song for national anthem

[matua1982]

LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT

[TheNzfroggy]

Every time I hear this song I get tears in my eyes. Such a fantastic song about NZ. I love my country and I love this song!

[alanst18]

awesome i remember singing this at school back in 1990

[Gnomicrom]

Im gonna link this to a friend of mine - This should be viewed everywhere!

[ArabKate]

This is my home :) <3

[SullyB1308]

I totally agree with you singlehanded, yes the only thing wrong with this beautiful song accompaning an awesome back drop on New Zealand, was that it never showed any grass roots rugby & the All Blacks, because if it had, then this would've been the ideal song to promote the RWC 2011 here in NZ..BUT BIG UPS TO THIS SONG & VID..classic kiwi song..love our country.

[01Epona]

I stand to be corrected but I think this song came out the year of our sesquicentenary (1990), we did this song at senior Prizegiving assembly that year and every year following but I remember 1990 also because my brother was dux lit that year. Done well, with that divergence done properly, it is an awesome song

[sportypaulos]

Will post lyrics in parts: The city streets beneath your feet can make you tough. I’d fought for fame, but when it came too much was never enough. But in my mind once in a while I’d find a place to be; where air is pure and water’s fresh, and people are your family. It took some time to figure out I’d gone off the track; but somewhere in a dream I heard a voice calling me back. To New Zealand, kainga tuturu; it’s the part of me that no-one else can own. New Zealand, deep down in my heart;

[ukisim]

thanks bud for reminding me of our home you da man

[Payton4676]

SOOOOOO COOOOOOLLL! NOT

[synergyinfusion2010]

@Payton4676 are you an aussie? jealous much!!! 4 nations, tri nations bledisloe next year world cup!!!!!!!

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­haha

[sportypaulos]

@synergyinfusion2010 Dont Forget Rugby League World Cup that we have too lol.

[sportypaulos]

This should be the song for RWC 2011, not that one they have chosen.

[ruitimama]

I remember when I was a kid (about 15years ago), my old man use to pick me and my sister up after he had finished work and he had this song on cassette tape. We use to listen to this song over and over all the way home (20min ride LOL)...thanks for sharing this, as it brings back a whole lot of fond memmories. For sure my number one NZ song. How proud I am to be a Kiwi!!!

[sportypaulos]

Song is so AWESOME, should be our National Anthem

[TheNZBrotts]

RIP Sir Peter Blake.

A legend that will live forever in our history and hearts.

[shanel3]

sitting in internet cafe in germany watching this bawling my eyes out!!! WE come from the greatest country in the world!!

[kiwiwing2007]

Welcome to Germany.

[shagz59]

Hey dude bin nearly three years in germany and Im really home sick!!! be good when I go back to good old NZ ,Aotearoa

[kiwiwing2007]

I will be there next year again.

[drftgrl]

im so proud and lucky to live in this beautiful country! love the song

[Kiwi691000]

I am proud to but your lucky, I miss living there

[trudzchan]

oh my god. we sang this in standard 3 or 4 for choir at winchester primary in palmerston north. i LOVE this song.

[jimorjakgal]

Dis song makes me so homesick... Ataahua

[Mediumlover]

I have it on CD also.

New Zealand Our Land Our Music Volume Two (2disc). I think I got it from The Warehouse...

[Mediumlover]

I can email the lyrics to anyone who wants them. Also I have somewhere (would take me a while to find) the music for it also (notes).

[heepsbeached]

Yes please. :-)

[Mediumlover]

I sang in a choir called "The Friendly Road Childrens Choir" and we sang this song at Bastion Point in 1990.

Near the end you can hear some female voices singing very high notes. That was our job! I always get goosebumps when I hear this song and I LOVE it so much.

[TheKuzzy1]

@Mediumlover

mean !! aatahua tenei waiata , me nga hohonu rangi , , it brings back tingles in my spine for me too , thanks for sharing that , it just polished of the waiata , hearing the ihi me te wehi , MAURI ORA !!!

[sabrinagrl]

goosebumps, lol thats all i have to say.

[wanderingseth]

This is SO nostalgic. i haven't heard it since I was in intermediate in 1990/1 but still remember the words! I love this!!

[01Epona]

Written for our sesqicententary, I believe,

1990, the year my elder brother was Dux Litterarum at High School, sung then, and every senior prize giving since, spine tingling when the haka backing is done properly

[MadMac4Sandy]

I agree with Mendalind i would love a copy of these lyrics

does anyone know where they can be obtained from

cheers

[Mendalind]

I would love to have the lyrics to this most awe inspiring song.

[croydon7]

My daughter is doing this song in her Year 5 and 6 (age 10 and up)school production.

[tehauparua]

New Zealand is such a beautiful, i wouldn't want to move anywhere else,

Like it say's.....

New Zealand, Kaingatuturu

It's the part of me, noone else can hold,

New Zealand, Deep down in my heart,

It can call to me, the land that I call Home

MEAN MAAORI MEAN

[nemo543]

man, im goin to live her wid my aunt soon, looks like the best place on earth... no hang on IT IS THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH.. WOOO LOVE YOU NEW ZEALAND

[tonspoon]

good song but i like thailand

[MadMac4Sandy]

another quick query

i have been told there was a video made of this somg with the singer and a live maori group

has anyone seen this video?

[jdelaney109]

Yeah I've got it. It was performed during the opening to the Commonwealth Games in Auckland (1992 I think). Singer was Nigel Lee. I'll try to post it sometime.

[MadMac4Sandy]

what an awesome song

does anyone know where a copy of the lyrics are as I would LOVE to get them

cheers and God Defend New Zealand - Kainga Tuturu

[AboutNewZealand]

Kia Ora. Thank u for this. Awesome Video :)

[den12165]

was also in NZ in March to watch England in the test series this song was great to hear all the time , great memories taken 5 months to locate this song , can't wait to my next trip back there

[maorichic]

I'd love for this song to be our national anthem...

Only change I would make to the clip is the flag at theend...

Other than that its 11.50pm All blacks just beat England again and I heard this song through the game so now Im gonna learn the words for the next game..hehehe

[nevfaith2]

I love New Zealnders.

[ashers1980]

was in NZ for the recent england test series, and they played this song all the time...loads of great memories!! thanks New Zealand!!

[Slaterations11]

Been looking for this song for ages....We sang this in Primary and man you should see me running to the Hall to sit in the front to sing it loud and proud hahaha...Love NZ!!

[harpproudkiwi]

Oh my goodness, I have been looking for this song for a couple of years. Every time I hear it I can't help but cry. Lived away for 20 years - and this song explains exactly how I feel...AWESOME!! I'm so homesick! Thanks for posting.

[myrainybaby4]

beautiful country!

[enslaver74]

Been there last year, already saving money to go back i feel home sick . It is heaven on this planet and nothing less.

Tears running from my eyes when i see this video clip... thanks xxx

[singelhanded]

This is the best New Zealand turist promotion on the webb . You shuld get on the pay roll ! Every one that watch would love to go for a visit ! 5+++++

[kiwiwing2007]

10********** for your comment !

[Dogcan]

Man i gonna miss new zealand when i move

[nzpancake]

The best vid and music about the nr 1 country in the world....I get home sick every time i watch it ! If it was possible to rate it higher I would give it 10+

[kiwiwing2007]

Thank you for this #1 comment !

[ajgio]

pitty there is only Auckland city shown, the crappiest one

[MadMac4Sandy]

talking to a friend about this awesome video, she was saying there is a version with the singer and the maori party in it does anyone know if it exsists and if it does, where a copy can be seen

also does anyone know of any CDS with this song on it I have a 40th coming up this June and would love it for my party

cheers and thanks

[kiwiwing2007]

The title of the cd is "Welcome to New Zealand"

( EMI 7243 5365432 0 )

I bought it in 2006 at the Auckland airport ( 10$ )

[harpproudkiwi]

Hi, did you find the CD? I have a copy of one, but doesn't show the title. My brother in law does though, let me know if you still need to find out.

[enslaver74]

John Rowles - "Kaingatuturu"

[MadMac4Sandy]

this song is ace sums up our wonderful country does anyone have a copy of the lyrics?

[krumpingkrump]

Yea i member this song my class sang it for art slash and it was mean > yea this song is MEAN MAORI MEAN!

[yakkattack]

beautiful song about a beautiful country.

[mangalese]

Good lord....I was wondering what everyone was going off about and then heard the chorus! Now I recognise it!

Took my fiance back to NZ last year and she did not want to leave!!!

[philwaa]

anyone know what's being said at the end, the maori part? All i can pick out is "ko aotearoa, taku kainga tuturu........hoki mai ra"

this song makes me homesick, miss the ole aotearoa

[Anahera100]

Ko Aotearoa taku kainga tuuturu , hoki mai ra

New Zealand, my real home, return.

[drftgrl]

I've been trying to find this song for AGES. Is the official track name New Zealand- Kainga Tuturu?

[boceebo]

hoki mai raaaaaaaaaa hoki mai ra! oh man i remember singing this at school assembly. solid.

[toamaori]

performed this on stage at sesqui 1990 harhar for the launch of the song was an AWESOME gig!!

wow memories....

[lermsta]

wicked vid! my friend is from NZ and i actually feel home sick 4 her! have 2 get her 2 watch this its really powerful cant wait til i go visit! thanks 4 postin it

[Tetoamailalo]

This song gives me goose bumps everytime I hear it! If someone has that clip, that used to come on TV2 back in 1990, with all the NZ singers in it! Can you please, upload it for us!

[hotbodsnz]

I miss NZ already!!!!!!! DAMN!!

[Junoluvsu]

I know Rob Winch!!!! His wife and my mum are best friends!!! He's so cool! Have you heard his "you're not alone"? its very good!

[rachaelpaul]

Lovely song =)

[1Purekiwi]

Great video. I have linked it to my Kiwi website, hope you dont mind :)

[porouraukawa]

Kiwis living in UK. Fantastic to see home and hear some korero maori.

[alphabravo7]

Im a Kiwi overseas. This song always takes me home.

[kiwiwing2007]

Xmas in NZ - this is my plan for the end of this year.

[Gonzo462]

wouaw... can't wait to go there... just a few months ! Thanks for this awesome video...

[thereisonly1Punga]

I'm Living and working oversea's, played this and lost it. Loved it, an Intense emotional feeling. Thanks for sharing.

[chalakasalpadoru]

beautiful!!!

[torqueingheads]

Brings a tear to my eye. What a truly magnificent pair of islands. To know that you have to go and live somewhere else for a few years.