gods of nations at thy feet in the bonds of love we meet.Hear our voices, we entreat, god defend our free land.Guard Pacific's triple star from the shafts of strife and war, make her praises heard afar, god defend newzealand
im half nz i hav just got bac and my cusin max who is six sang on his own the anthem in maori i just think thats amzing im ten and thats y i think i shood lern it !!!!!
As an Irishman who grew up in Australia,educated in Canada,married a pom and now lives in USA,this is the best national anthem I have heard.Congrats to the All Blacks.
The all blacks deserve this amazing victory they played a brilliant tournament. New Zealand is rugby nation No.1!!! The team wrote history today brilliant. New Zealand is one of the most beautiful countries on our planet. An absolutely gorgeous landscape really nice and hospitable people. I hope to visit it soon again. A country full of brilliant culture and traditions coined by the Maori and also modern. Best wishes to you all from your friends in Germany ^^
Should be National Choir singing our National Anthem. Stand alone singers sing for themselves (hence the real high note at the end of the anthem). National Choir sing with the people, stand alone singers of our National Athem sing for themselves. Leave the National Anthem for our National Choirs to sing. Best ever singers of our National Athem...Cheers
They forgot the haka in the middle: e tiranga tahi ebgulie, i oh oh oe ha, nga tamarikihi nga tamarikihi aki a kena hi, eko ti a hi, i oh oh he ha..God of nations....
For the love of God!!!! some of me besties r Maori!!!! Is that a crime....our anthem is amazing and i only wish that i was able to speak the language fluently.....Those comments just show how shallow minded you guys are.....When the pakeha came we didnt give them everything!!! we took everything...i am a proud Kiwi and love the culture...bet u guys luv the rugby tho hey!!! hipocracy at its best!!! Great Anthem!!!
I find it funny how the maori think we came her and raped there land when we gave them eveything they own. Like electronics and modern building techniques. You were all stupid enough to sign the treaty of waitangi in the first place. Besides the maori have ruined NZ in the last decade. The population of Maoris in prisons is very high. They don't get a proper education at school and end up going on the DPB living in there white mans house and using white mans electronics
@aa2ashiznit it's a similar thing here in australia with the aboriginals, but it's arguable that we forced a modern lifestyle way too quickly on these people and they simply didn't adapt to the modern changes we forced upon them.. They were fighting our guns and cannons with sticks and stones.. It was pretty clear who was going to win.. We did come here and rape their land, we took their traditional way of life that had worked for them for centuries and forced a western culture on them.
@aa2ashiznit What a real dumb nut Im guessing its ok for you to be living off the goverment but no one else Yep I checked your profile, racism is another word for IDIOT ,
I find it funny how the maori think we came her and raped there land when we gave them eveything they own. Like electronics and modern building techniques. You all stupid enough to sigh the treaty of waitangi in the first place. Besides the maori have ruined NZ in the last decade. The population of Maoris in prisons is very high. They don't get a proper education at school and end up going on the doll living in there white mas house and using white mans electronics
georgemary????our culture is alive n pumpn,evrywea u go te reo maori is spoken,wat part of nz do u liv in??the bush???u dnt no wat yor talkin about,shutup!!!dead language,like bloody hell it is,thea will b a time wea u lot will hav 2 lern our language 2 kp up,but then u can lern chinese eh pokokohua
u r so rite thea yellowcookie,my mum n dad sed they wer not allowed 2 speak the maori language at skool,they wer strappd by the teachas if they did,so in fear of that they wer forced 2 speak only english at skool,hence our language slowly startd 2 disappear,thank god 4 the kohanga reo movement our language is flourishn and our tamariki(children)r now reapn the benefits,my generation has 2 learn it now..wat a real fuk up if u ask me!!
This is the old one we have new one the real one is much longer and the english in it is just the translation ive live nz and the real national anthem is about 10 to 15 minutes long
IS N.Z. REALLLY A NATION? IF SO, WHY IS THE ENGLISH (REPEAT: ENGLISH) FLAG ON THE N.Z. FLAG? ARE THEY BACKWARD IN N.Z. OR WHAT? DO THEY STILLHAVE A COLONIAL SUBJECT MENTALITY? AS FOR AUSTRALIA ... !!
Firstly, I am sorry but it isnt the English (Repeat: English) flag on the NZ flag, it is the flag of the United Kingdom (Repeat: United Kingdom), theres quite a big difference. Secondly, I am not a NZer nor a citizen of any other Commonwealth Realm so I cannot know how the feelings about it are, but the Union Jack in the corner is a remainder from the time as a British (Repeat: British) colony, and they remain parts of the Commonwealth of Nations (Repeat: Nations, i.e. independent)
sum of da coments on here are making me SICK, just so most of yuee know, da Maori were tha first ppl in New Zealand we LET the pakeha kum into our country ! in return, dey steal all our land and bak in tha days, they wuld force maori not 2 speak their own language ! otherwise they wuld get a hiding. da same thing happened to most countries, including Australia nd Hawaii ! but We (Maori) are still holding on to our language no matter wat ! I wuld die rather da be forced 2 let go of my language !!
@yellowCOOKiiE I lived my history, I went to a FULL Maori school ! we learnt all about our history and what had happened when the pakeha came to NZ. Its because of your ancestors that most Maori cant speak their language !! So PLEASE learn MY history before you go commenting about shit you dont even know !!!
I had the privilege of spending a long holiday in NZ. Even if I was a whingeing pom, I would still say it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. BTW its not a feather it is a frond of silver fern "Cyathea dealbata (Ponga is the Maori name)".
Some misinformation in these comments. 1. NZ is independent, but we remain under the umbrella of the monarchy (benefits include easy visa's to UK, commonwealth games, scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge). 2. NZ has 3 official languages: Maori, English and NZ Sign language; the most commonly spoken language is English but all official documents are available in at least English and Maori. 3. The flag has the union jack and the Sthn Cross (stars) because of our history and physical location.
@sjen033 The Governor-General is appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of New Zealand to serve as the personal representative of the Head of State, Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand.
New Zealand's Head of State is non-partisan and is not involved in the "business" of government, which is the responsibility of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. This arrangement is best described by the saying that "while the Sovereign reigns, the Government rules."
Some misinformation in these comments. 1. NZ is independent, but we remain under the umbrella of the monarchy (benefits included easy visa's to UK, commonwealth games, scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge). 2. NZ has 3 official languages: Maori, English and NZ Sign language; the most commonly spoken language is English but all official documents are available in at least English and Maori. 3. The flag has the union jack and the Sthn Cross (stars) because of our history and physical location.
New Zealand is not just one of the best , it is the best and most beautiful place on earth . I am Pole but I live in NZ and I just love it !!!!!!!!! In particular marlborough sounds The magic place !!!!
FermanNZ Please remember the honoured union flag is on your own great flag simply because your people wanted it to be there and were proud many of them desended from it.
Of course over the years,especially since the UK went in the EU many non white people with no British background has taken citizenship. The native Maori seem to be hostile to us and our Queen. There seems no way round it so I suggest you remove our flag from yours and declare a republic
janeynzed. Sir,what you say is true of course.But I would like you to consider two what I think is pertinent points 1/ Although the Maori is more advanced than the Aussie.Abbo. I feel that had British explorers not founded the now great nation of New Zealand,that land would now be living in the stone age,instead of its present status of a important and valued friend and ally of Great Britain and member of the commonwealth. 2/ The native Britons here in the UK see other races robbing us.
@georgeamery Sorry, I only just saw this post. I think that you should know Maori began trading on their own esteem after early European contact as far afield as Australia and California, it is a colonial (and quite frankly racist and ethnocentric) view to assume they would be stuck in the stone age. They would have traded and modernised according to their culture - which was technologically innovative - without being colonised.
@Incawarlord In our system we need 300,000 signatures, in a certain time, to force a nation wide referendum. Apathy or lack of discontentment ruled in the end I guess.
Great anthem!What the hell is doing the british flag on the New Zealand flag?Is New Zealand independent or what?I have to say this anthem surpassed by far the american.
@Incawarlord Her rule over us in general has been more beneficial than not. There are benefits to being part of the Commonwealth. USA is not allowed to compete in the Commonwealth games. ;)
@Incawarlord No its good that aussies and NZ have the union jack with their flag it shows unity,it tells the enemies of NZ that an attack on them is an attack on two other powerful nations
True I have never been to New Zealand,but the man next door has a Brother there. It seems then the Maori have taken over the country more than the Abbos.have in Australia? I take it you are of Maori connection? I do understand the UK going in the European Union in the 70s harmed New Zealand a lot.I was against it at the time. The British influence was harmed and people from other countries started coming.I think English is still the official language?
@georgeamery the Maori have taken over the country? Wtf, it's their country - just like Australia belongs to Aboringals. Colonial theft is theft no matter how you spin it. Tiocfaidh ar la!
@jaineynzed The Maori are originally from Asia. They jumped in their canoes and paddled out here. The TRUE natives, like The Aborigini Australians were actually a pygmy people called Mori Ori....consequently the MAORI decided to exterminate the natives and claim the land as their own :)
@LosSenoraDiablo Sorry you are incorrect, that theory was debased as early as the 1920s by historians and anthropologists yet survived in school text books until the 1970s, probably because it assuages white guilt about colonisation. The Moriori were a Maori tribe that immigrated to the Chathom Islands early during the Maori settlement of New Zealand. Ngati Maru did attack them in the early 1800s but didn't stay or kill them all. Moriori descents still live on the Chathoms and throughout NZ.
no one speaks maori in new zealand more people speak chinese less than 1% of the population can speak it fluently. it is a dead language and is only included in the anthem because the maoris complain about how their culture no longer exists
@harropizza ABOUT 35% CAN SPEAK MAORI FLUENTLY I GREW UP IN THAT CATEGORY, WHERE I WAS BROUGHT UP ON THE EASTCOAST EVERYONE SPOKE MAORI AND ENGLISH WAS A SECOND LANGUAGE. I WENT INTO MAINSTREAM WHEN I WAS 13. MY WHOLE FAMILY ARE FLUENT AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THOUHGS WHO WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE CITIES WHO CANT SPEAK THE LINGO AND ARE OUT THERE COMMITING CRIMES. I AM 19 NOW BUT WHEN I HAVE CHILDREN THEY WILL BE RAISED THE SAME WAY I WAS RAISED
@harropizza who do yuee think you are to say "Nobody speaks Maori in New Zealand" nnd that "Maori complained about not having our language in tha anthem" !!! We were here before tha English nnd we will definetly be here last !!! My hole family speaks Maori, I went to Maori school with ppl that spoke Maori(obviously) at my current school the pakeha (english) people are outnumbered ! at my cousins school tha pakeha are outnumbered !!! So think about wat yuer gona say, b4 yuee say IT !
@johanluwes There are plenty of single girls around but being fine Kiwi girls I'm guessing they won't marry just anyone. Start by singing our Anthem - singers seem to attact some girl's attention. ;)
@16051957 Oh you take that back you no good ugly pooping fat ugly fat the rude word you used and Sissy, piece of s*** and ha. ( stupid idiot Middle finger at you
im am an Afghan ... i lived in New Zealand when my country was being bombed by Yanks ... New Zealand gave me shelter .... God Bless you New Zealand ... i love you !
@TheSuavaiolealofa LOL you are sooo funny India "world champs" lol they couldnt tell a cricket ball from food hell they think it is food they even bit the ball once to taste it and yeah your the world champs in League and for that I am sorry and why do I care who plays Union or League the only reason I made the mistack is because your uniforms are almost the same for everything weather it be Cricket, Rugby League or Rugby Union there all black with white sides. "Fush en Chups Brew"
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Ahahahahahaha i feel sorry for those "kiwi's" (The animal) surrounded by all those dumb fucks lol just joking if I wanted to make fun of you I would talk about your cricket team or the All Blacks in NRL and your Rugby Union team because well lets face it New Zealand cant compete with the worlds best Cricket team (fact) or the Aussie Kangaroos which are the best in the world at NRL (fact)
Sounds cheap because of the cheesy sounding synthesizers. It should be a real orchestra. Show the great country of New Zealand the respect it deserves!
@ThePurple120 i am a srilankan girl even though i love newzealand specially the newzealand cricketers........ i love you newzealand..............................
i am a kiwi and live in australia i love new zealand but like all of us human beings we looooooooooove money and that is the only reason we leave our beautiful country
Great. One of my favorite anthems, but I think there is a typo (click here 0:32 ), It's "Me aroha noa", not "Me aroha roa". Maori speakers please confirm. I love the NZ anthem. One of the world's best anthems!
Three weeks Aotearoa/New Zealand (30.10. - 21.11.2010) were not sufficient to get to know the land. However, they were sufficient to learn to love it. You can be proudly on you land, kiwis. Certainly we come again sometimes. Kind regards from Cologne/Germany - Jeanette & Berti F.
been to New Zealand, and i come from Wales, I've never seen so many similarities, 1. adore rugby, 2.more sheep than humans, 3.mountainous country, god bless Nz and Wales :)
@fermanNZ I have been to Austria several times, too. In Vienna, Salzburg and in the Alps. It`s a very beautiful piece of earth, almost dreamlike (together with Bavarian Alps and Neuschwanstein castle). I adore it there. But you probably meant Australia :D. I`d love to visit it (and New Zealand, of course) some day, too. Hope I`ll make it in this century...
@ARAMBAaustria if you go there youll be really glad you came. ive grown up in New Zealand, and im pakeha (nz european, no maori blood). our family over the years have hosted homestays, all of them asian. Most (if not all) of the ones were still in contact with want to come back someday. one girl from russia who i befriended wants to coime back. she looked at the sheep and said nz looked kusty like her own country, the lighting and everything, i think. i think it was autumn then
We left South Africa 2 1/2 years ago for New Zealand and hasn't looked back ONE day!!! NZ is the best place in the world - safe, clean and man can they play rugby!!!
Ok this is the second vid I have seen of this. On the fourth line it should be Me aroha NOA not "Me aroha ROA" and has anyone else picked it up she sings Manaakitia RA instead of Manaakitia MAI. Thumbs up though I love my anthem :)
I saw the movie The Whale Rider and then got a wild hair to look up the national anthem of NZ. The I saw the movie Once Were Warriors and decided maybe later. Then, a year later finally got around to it...coolness. The heard Will Martin (who really should comb his hair) sing in on another posting and thought WOW God does Defend New Zealand. What ever happened to those actors from Once were Warriors. I know The Whale Rider girl was nominated for and Academy Award and then POOF disappeared.
New Zealand looks like a beautiful place. I have never been there. Mainly because it is about half a world away from me,but I would love to go there some day. What system of government is used there I am thinking about leaving America before a Socialist takeover because with my outspoken views against the government I would likely be executed.
@deciusvarus It is a beautiful place. Probably the best in the world I think. But I am biased. We have a democratically elected government but as everywhere we got problems that seem big to some people. If you're really outspoken the government probably wouldn't execute you but I'm sure someone would eventually.Either that or you could start your own political party. We got plenty of them.
@chalmacu If I'm not Maori do you not thank me? ;) I would like to treasure the culture of Maori and Non-Maori alike while at the same time celebrate the fact we are one nation of New Zealanders. It concerns me we have different rules for different races when we were all born here free to enjoy our beautiful country.
Maori is spoken by Maori and pakeha alike. there are full immersion schools where the student only speaks Maori, there are also bilingual schools, and there are also mainstream schools that teach maori as a second language. i have European cousins who dont have a drop of maori blood running through their veins and they can speak fluent Maori. the language is for all cultures who wish to learn it. not just us.
Thank you for posting this. I am an American, but I am studying as much as I can about New Zealand because in a year, I hope to be there. Is the Anthem sung usually in Maori or in English?
@RubicsCubeProduction No. Maori is spoken by Maori's but their are quiet a lot of people now learning the language. Main language is English. Also Maori is taught at schools as 2nd language.
E Ihoā Atua, O ngā iwi mātou rā; Āta whakarongona, Me aroha noa; Kia hua ko te pai Kia tau to ata whai; Manaakitia mai Aotearoa God of Nations at thy feet In the bonds of love we meet; Hear our voices we entreat; God defend our free land Guard Pacifics triple star From the shafts of strife and war Make her praises heard afar God defend New Zealand
im sorry this sucks, what langauge is this in anyways
jmd2221 6 days ago
gods of nations at thy feet in the bonds of love we meet.Hear our voices, we entreat, god defend our free land.Guard Pacific's triple star from the shafts of strife and war, make her praises heard afar, god defend newzealand
awesomelollie 2 weeks ago
im half nz i hav just got bac and my cusin max who is six sang on his own the anthem in maori i just think thats amzing im ten and thats y i think i shood lern it !!!!!
randomgirls444 1 month ago
haha new zealand bowled out for 150 against the AUSSIES... today... haha so shit
vulo1234455 2 months ago
@vulo1234455 you spoke to soon son, aussies got smacked like bitches. Feel better now huh?
marcellin20 2 weeks ago
@seanmichaelUSA: Awww, that's really nice. Thank You...........from one of many Kiwis!!!!
cazi13mama67 2 months ago
I luv New Zealand
rajkoirala68 3 months ago 4
The mountain and lake at 0:13-0:19 is not in New Zealand. It`s actually Mt. Chephren and Lower Waterfowl Lake in Banff National Park, Canada!
mattsieluv 4 months ago 2
As an Irishman who grew up in Australia,educated in Canada,married a pom and now lives in USA,this is the best national anthem I have heard.Congrats to the All Blacks.
seanmichaelUSA 4 months ago 2
thumbs up if you came here bcos of the world cup
MrFraser455 4 months ago
i love nz i was born there but i love it more then au :P
superlady1ify 4 months ago
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The all blacks deserve this amazing victory they played a brilliant tournament. New Zealand is rugby nation No.1!!! The team wrote history today brilliant. New Zealand is one of the most beautiful countries on our planet. An absolutely gorgeous landscape really nice and hospitable people. I hope to visit it soon again. A country full of brilliant culture and traditions coined by the Maori and also modern. Best wishes to you all from your friends in Germany ^^
LouisaGerMazzurana 4 months ago
Should be National Choir singing our National Anthem. Stand alone singers sing for themselves (hence the real high note at the end of the anthem). National Choir sing with the people, stand alone singers of our National Athem sing for themselves. Leave the National Anthem for our National Choirs to sing. Best ever singers of our National Athem...Cheers
ira9999 4 months ago
They forgot the haka in the middle: e tiranga tahi ebgulie, i oh oh oe ha, nga tamarikihi nga tamarikihi aki a kena hi, eko ti a hi, i oh oh he ha..God of nations....
2Bthere4life 4 months ago
Im New Zealand and i'm PROUD of it! :)
2Bthere4life 4 months ago
For the love of God!!!! some of me besties r Maori!!!! Is that a crime....our anthem is amazing and i only wish that i was able to speak the language fluently.....Those comments just show how shallow minded you guys are.....When the pakeha came we didnt give them everything!!! we took everything...i am a proud Kiwi and love the culture...bet u guys luv the rugby tho hey!!! hipocracy at its best!!! Great Anthem!!!
star58tua 4 months ago
I find it funny how the maori think we came her and raped there land when we gave them eveything they own. Like electronics and modern building techniques. You were all stupid enough to sign the treaty of waitangi in the first place. Besides the maori have ruined NZ in the last decade. The population of Maoris in prisons is very high. They don't get a proper education at school and end up going on the DPB living in there white mans house and using white mans electronics
aa2ashiznit 4 months ago
@aa2ashiznit it's a similar thing here in australia with the aboriginals, but it's arguable that we forced a modern lifestyle way too quickly on these people and they simply didn't adapt to the modern changes we forced upon them.. They were fighting our guns and cannons with sticks and stones.. It was pretty clear who was going to win.. We did come here and rape their land, we took their traditional way of life that had worked for them for centuries and forced a western culture on them.
Brezzo 4 months ago
@aa2ashiznit What a real dumb nut Im guessing its ok for you to be living off the goverment but no one else Yep I checked your profile, racism is another word for IDIOT ,
kuranz1 4 months ago
I find it funny how the maori think we came her and raped there land when we gave them eveything they own. Like electronics and modern building techniques. You all stupid enough to sigh the treaty of waitangi in the first place. Besides the maori have ruined NZ in the last decade. The population of Maoris in prisons is very high. They don't get a proper education at school and end up going on the doll living in there white mas house and using white mans electronics
aa2ashiznit 4 months ago
is this ainslie allen singing this? sounds like it. i can do better!
shadie2000ad 5 months ago
georgemary????our culture is alive n pumpn,evrywea u go te reo maori is spoken,wat part of nz do u liv in??the bush???u dnt no wat yor talkin about,shutup!!!dead language,like bloody hell it is,thea will b a time wea u lot will hav 2 lern our language 2 kp up,but then u can lern chinese eh pokokohua
tonibarnett01 5 months ago
u r so rite thea yellowcookie,my mum n dad sed they wer not allowed 2 speak the maori language at skool,they wer strappd by the teachas if they did,so in fear of that they wer forced 2 speak only english at skool,hence our language slowly startd 2 disappear,thank god 4 the kohanga reo movement our language is flourishn and our tamariki(children)r now reapn the benefits,my generation has 2 learn it now..wat a real fuk up if u ask me!!
tonibarnett01 5 months ago
Great Anthem.With Regards,
From India! :D
AdsBySid 5 months ago 3
This is the old one we have new one the real one is much longer and the english in it is just the translation ive live nz and the real national anthem is about 10 to 15 minutes long
TheMnbvcxz0987654321 5 months ago
@TheMnbvcxz0987654321 Yeah but how many rugby games has that been sung at
youreveningcoat 4 months ago
This isnt the real nz national anthem
TheMnbvcxz0987654321 5 months ago
who is this singing?
Asstasticplastic2 5 months ago
IS N.Z. REALLLY A NATION? IF SO, WHY IS THE ENGLISH (REPEAT: ENGLISH) FLAG ON THE N.Z. FLAG? ARE THEY BACKWARD IN N.Z. OR WHAT? DO THEY STILLHAVE A COLONIAL SUBJECT MENTALITY? AS FOR AUSTRALIA ... !!
squirell1952 5 months ago
@squirell1952
Firstly, I am sorry but it isnt the English (Repeat: English) flag on the NZ flag, it is the flag of the United Kingdom (Repeat: United Kingdom), theres quite a big difference. Secondly, I am not a NZer nor a citizen of any other Commonwealth Realm so I cannot know how the feelings about it are, but the Union Jack in the corner is a remainder from the time as a British (Repeat: British) colony, and they remain parts of the Commonwealth of Nations (Repeat: Nations, i.e. independent)
SirHoratioNelson 5 months ago 3
sum of da coments on here are making me SICK, just so most of yuee know, da Maori were tha first ppl in New Zealand we LET the pakeha kum into our country ! in return, dey steal all our land and bak in tha days, they wuld force maori not 2 speak their own language ! otherwise they wuld get a hiding. da same thing happened to most countries, including Australia nd Hawaii ! but We (Maori) are still holding on to our language no matter wat ! I wuld die rather da be forced 2 let go of my language !!
huiakj6 5 months ago
@huiakj6 Please, learn your history & get basic knowledge.
yellowCOOKiiE 5 months ago
@yellowCOOKiiE I lived my history, I went to a FULL Maori school ! we learnt all about our history and what had happened when the pakeha came to NZ. Its because of your ancestors that most Maori cant speak their language !! So PLEASE learn MY history before you go commenting about shit you dont even know !!!
huiakj6 5 months ago
i uost to live in ch ch
maxykky 5 months ago
:)) I like that the lyrics are in Maori-language and also in english, so that everyone can understand and identify with it. New Zealand♥
TheblackponyFan94 5 months ago
ive lived in new zeland for 8 years!! what a beautifull placeeee! :) lovee it there <33
iluv2partii 5 months ago
I'm going to New Zealand this winter (summer in the southern hemisphere), can't wait. Not too fond of the anthem though. That's just my opinion.
Antidisestablishmify 5 months ago
I'm Australian but this anthem has been playing for the last ten minutes in my household ... great song.
stuckupcurlyguy 6 months ago
Vive le Nouvelle Zelande, Commonwealth du Grand
TheMrAnthem 6 months ago
see you in one month nz:)
Maidenmeyer 6 months ago
I had the privilege of spending a long holiday in NZ. Even if I was a whingeing pom, I would still say it is one of the most beautiful places on earth. BTW its not a feather it is a frond of silver fern "Cyathea dealbata (Ponga is the Maori name)".
intercomsec 7 months ago
GO NZ! THIS IS WHAT WE SING AT SCHOOL ASSEMBLY!
ResoundNZ 7 months ago 2
it sounds aboriginal LOL
MsBorntobeme 7 months ago
Surely the Maoris should speak English,the worlds greatest language,rather than a dead one?. You have been slipping allowing this.
georgeamery 7 months ago
@georgeamery You wanker.
BorsBaledwyr 6 months ago
I am having problems finding a new zealand national anthem thats not been sung in a foreign language! what is the matter.?
georgeamery 7 months ago
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@georgeamery
The new zealand anthem is supposed to be in maori because english and moari are our counties national language.
thekiwikid2 7 months ago
Some misinformation in these comments. 1. NZ is independent, but we remain under the umbrella of the monarchy (benefits include easy visa's to UK, commonwealth games, scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge). 2. NZ has 3 official languages: Maori, English and NZ Sign language; the most commonly spoken language is English but all official documents are available in at least English and Maori. 3. The flag has the union jack and the Sthn Cross (stars) because of our history and physical location.
sjen033 7 months ago 17
@sjen033 The Governor-General is appointed on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of New Zealand to serve as the personal representative of the Head of State, Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand.
New Zealand's Head of State is non-partisan and is not involved in the "business" of government, which is the responsibility of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. This arrangement is best described by the saying that "while the Sovereign reigns, the Government rules."
fermanNZ 7 months ago 5
Some misinformation in these comments. 1. NZ is independent, but we remain under the umbrella of the monarchy (benefits included easy visa's to UK, commonwealth games, scholarships to Oxford and Cambridge). 2. NZ has 3 official languages: Maori, English and NZ Sign language; the most commonly spoken language is English but all official documents are available in at least English and Maori. 3. The flag has the union jack and the Sthn Cross (stars) because of our history and physical location.
sjen033 7 months ago
what language is this ?
boulmaouahibe 8 months ago
@boulmaouahibe the first part is Maori. then the second part is english.
fattynatty3 7 months ago
New Zealand is not just one of the best , it is the best and most beautiful place on earth . I am Pole but I live in NZ and I just love it !!!!!!!!! In particular marlborough sounds The magic place !!!!
raimmanmacaron 8 months ago
FermanNZ Please remember the honoured union flag is on your own great flag simply because your people wanted it to be there and were proud many of them desended from it.
Of course over the years,especially since the UK went in the EU many non white people with no British background has taken citizenship. The native Maori seem to be hostile to us and our Queen. There seems no way round it so I suggest you remove our flag from yours and declare a republic
georgeamery 8 months ago
janeynzed. Sir,what you say is true of course.But I would like you to consider two what I think is pertinent points 1/ Although the Maori is more advanced than the Aussie.Abbo. I feel that had British explorers not founded the now great nation of New Zealand,that land would now be living in the stone age,instead of its present status of a important and valued friend and ally of Great Britain and member of the commonwealth. 2/ The native Britons here in the UK see other races robbing us.
georgeamery 8 months ago
@georgeamery Sorry, I only just saw this post. I think that you should know Maori began trading on their own esteem after early European contact as far afield as Australia and California, it is a colonial (and quite frankly racist and ethnocentric) view to assume they would be stuck in the stone age. They would have traded and modernised according to their culture - which was technologically innovative - without being colonised.
jaineynzed 7 months ago
The New Zealand flag looks like the Australian flag,I mean why don't you use the black flag with a feather?
Incawarlord 8 months ago
@Incawarlord I think that would be great. A petition was started but it didn't get enough traction to cause change.
fermanNZ 8 months ago
@fermanNZ What a shame!What were the results?I imagine a poll was made or referendum.
Incawarlord 8 months ago
@Incawarlord In our system we need 300,000 signatures, in a certain time, to force a nation wide referendum. Apathy or lack of discontentment ruled in the end I guess.
fermanNZ 8 months ago
Great anthem!What the hell is doing the british flag on the New Zealand flag?Is New Zealand independent or what?I have to say this anthem surpassed by far the american.
Incawarlord 8 months ago
@Incawarlord No. We are subjects of HRH Queen Liz.
fermanNZ 8 months ago
@fermanNZ What?New Zealand is still a colony?Why?USA was also a colony,but now they are independent,
the same goes for Brazil.
Incawarlord 8 months ago 2
@Incawarlord Her rule over us in general has been more beneficial than not. There are benefits to being part of the Commonwealth. USA is not allowed to compete in the Commonwealth games. ;)
fermanNZ 8 months ago
@Incawarlord No its good that aussies and NZ have the union jack with their flag it shows unity,it tells the enemies of NZ that an attack on them is an attack on two other powerful nations
indianastan 8 months ago
True I have never been to New Zealand,but the man next door has a Brother there. It seems then the Maori have taken over the country more than the Abbos.have in Australia? I take it you are of Maori connection? I do understand the UK going in the European Union in the 70s harmed New Zealand a lot.I was against it at the time. The British influence was harmed and people from other countries started coming.I think English is still the official language?
georgeamery 8 months ago
@georgeamery the Maori have taken over the country? Wtf, it's their country - just like Australia belongs to Aboringals. Colonial theft is theft no matter how you spin it. Tiocfaidh ar la!
jaineynzed 8 months ago
@jaineynzed The Maori are originally from Asia. They jumped in their canoes and paddled out here. The TRUE natives, like The Aborigini Australians were actually a pygmy people called Mori Ori....consequently the MAORI decided to exterminate the natives and claim the land as their own :)
LosSenoraDiablo 7 months ago
@LosSenoraDiablo Sorry you are incorrect, that theory was debased as early as the 1920s by historians and anthropologists yet survived in school text books until the 1970s, probably because it assuages white guilt about colonisation. The Moriori were a Maori tribe that immigrated to the Chathom Islands early during the Maori settlement of New Zealand. Ngati Maru did attack them in the early 1800s but didn't stay or kill them all. Moriori descents still live on the Chathoms and throughout NZ.
jaineynzed 7 months ago
@georgeamery
no one speaks maori in new zealand more people speak chinese less than 1% of the population can speak it fluently. it is a dead language and is only included in the anthem because the maoris complain about how their culture no longer exists
harropizza 7 months ago
@harropizza ABOUT 35% CAN SPEAK MAORI FLUENTLY I GREW UP IN THAT CATEGORY, WHERE I WAS BROUGHT UP ON THE EASTCOAST EVERYONE SPOKE MAORI AND ENGLISH WAS A SECOND LANGUAGE. I WENT INTO MAINSTREAM WHEN I WAS 13. MY WHOLE FAMILY ARE FLUENT AS WELL AS THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THOUHGS WHO WERE BROUGHT UP IN THE CITIES WHO CANT SPEAK THE LINGO AND ARE OUT THERE COMMITING CRIMES. I AM 19 NOW BUT WHEN I HAVE CHILDREN THEY WILL BE RAISED THE SAME WAY I WAS RAISED
Eastcoastoverdosa 6 months ago
@harropizza who do yuee think you are to say "Nobody speaks Maori in New Zealand" nnd that "Maori complained about not having our language in tha anthem" !!! We were here before tha English nnd we will definetly be here last !!! My hole family speaks Maori, I went to Maori school with ppl that spoke Maori(obviously) at my current school the pakeha (english) people are outnumbered ! at my cousins school tha pakeha are outnumbered !!! So think about wat yuer gona say, b4 yuee say IT !
huiakj6 5 months ago
English is the language of new zealand,and long may it stay. Only dumb fuckers think otherwise.
georgeamery 8 months ago
@georgeamery WHAT THE HELL obviously 1.your a dumb ass 2. you have NEVER been to New Zealand and 3.you dont know a thing about New Zealand
themeh310 8 months ago
i wanna marry n kiwi girl, and sing this anthem proudly. i get goosebumps from this song!!!!!!!!!!!
johanluwes 8 months ago
@johanluwes There are plenty of single girls around but being fine Kiwi girls I'm guessing they won't marry just anyone. Start by singing our Anthem - singers seem to attact some girl's attention. ;)
fermanNZ 8 months ago
proud to be a kiwi :)
cathyg12345 8 months ago 3
What a great pity the Queens most loyal subjects reduced to singing in a foreign language.I dont like it!
georgeamery 9 months ago
nice anthem i like that.
IngManas 9 months ago
New Zealand is the greatest country GREAT JOB
beaglerocks2 9 months ago 2
Thums up if you were born in New Zealand
Simslover19483 9 months ago 3
NZ has a pathetic fucken national anthem.
16051957 9 months ago
@16051957 What country are you from then Mr. pathetic? :)
Bryanzebox 9 months ago
@16051957 Oh you take that back you no good ugly pooping fat ugly fat the rude word you used and Sissy, piece of s*** and ha. ( stupid idiot Middle finger at you
Simslover19483 9 months ago
@Simslover19483 fuck off dick go take a cyanide pill and shove that anthem up ur arse sideways you piece of shit - *yawns*
16051957 9 months ago
im am an Afghan ... i lived in New Zealand when my country was being bombed by Yanks ... New Zealand gave me shelter .... God Bless you New Zealand ... i love you !
pukhtoonistan007 9 months ago
@TheSuavaiolealofa LOL you are sooo funny India "world champs" lol they couldnt tell a cricket ball from food hell they think it is food they even bit the ball once to taste it and yeah your the world champs in League and for that I am sorry and why do I care who plays Union or League the only reason I made the mistack is because your uniforms are almost the same for everything weather it be Cricket, Rugby League or Rugby Union there all black with white sides. "Fush en Chups Brew"
KylesLiberals 9 months ago
@KylesLiberals have fun sumwea else not here... -__-
stuwieNZ 9 months ago
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Ahahahahahaha i feel sorry for those "kiwi's" (The animal) surrounded by all those dumb fucks lol just joking if I wanted to make fun of you I would talk about your cricket team or the All Blacks in NRL and your Rugby Union team because well lets face it New Zealand cant compete with the worlds best Cricket team (fact) or the Aussie Kangaroos which are the best in the world at NRL (fact)
KylesLiberals 9 months ago
@KylesLiberals Thank you for watching our National anthem anyway. Hope you enjoyed.
fermanNZ 9 months ago
@KylesLiberals woah ur dumb. Fact look at the World ranking smart ass we Number 1 in Rugby. get ur facts rite b4 actin like a retard..
stuwieNZ 9 months ago
@stuwieNZ Wow I was having fun I wasnt meaning to be offencive I was trying to make fun of your country so calm down
KylesLiberals 9 months ago
@KylesLiberals Your mom is a fact :D
Bryanzebox 9 months ago
Sounds cheap because of the cheesy sounding synthesizers. It should be a real orchestra. Show the great country of New Zealand the respect it deserves!
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ChIragg05 9 months ago
I LOVE NEW ZEALAND AND NEW ZEALANDS NATIONAL ANTHEM BECAUSE NEW ZEALAND IS A GOOD AND GREAT COUNTRY AND NEW ZEALANDS NATIONAL ANTHEM SOUNDS PERFECT
beaglerocks2 10 months ago
please s2 a3 dont hate newzealand best country i have ever seen from genius amra.........specially newzealand cricketers they r best.......
amraamana 10 months ago
best anthem i have ever heard but i dont know y my friends hate newzealand .........
amraamana 10 months ago
i love u newzealand
beautiful nature
educated citizens
lawful cricketers
BEST NATIONAL ANTHEM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
amraamana 10 months ago
even me i havent gone 4 n.z its da best country in da world............ love u newzealand//////////
amraamana 10 months ago
@ThePurple120 i am a srilankan girl even though i love newzealand specially the newzealand cricketers........ i love you newzealand..............................
amraamana 10 months ago
United Forever:
Britannia, Canada, New Zealand, Australia!
CommonWealth Realms forever!
peepzonda 10 months ago 11
i am a kiwi and live in australia i love new zealand but like all of us human beings we looooooooooove money and that is the only reason we leave our beautiful country
m1i2k0e0 11 months ago
@ThePurple120 I know
aboxpro 11 months ago
do people in nz put their hand on their heart and look at the flag when singing this, and if they dont is it a disgrace to their country?
porkypinekiwi 1 year ago
@porkypinekiwi not really
aboxpro 11 months ago
@porkypinekiwi r u mad
amraamana 10 months ago
It's Great !!! But I like the Russian/Soviet ones better
TheRiverVolga 1 year ago 2
wow!! i like the first part sung in Maori!!
Okleey1102 1 year ago 2
@Okleey1102 well it is one of our offial languages
aboxpro 11 months ago
i was there for almost a year (well 7 months to be exact) and i've never heard their anthem when i was on vacation
legofreak1109 1 year ago
LOVE YOU NZ FOREVER!!!!!
I've been there for a year and i fell in <3
MISS YOU HEAPS
from Paraguay (South America)
26pame 1 year ago
This beautiful anthem fits its country very well - a highly peaceful, relaxing but inspiring place to live (I had first-hand experience).
InfinitiesObserver 1 year ago
Great. One of my favorite anthems, but I think there is a typo (click here 0:32 ), It's "Me aroha noa", not "Me aroha roa". Maori speakers please confirm. I love the NZ anthem. One of the world's best anthems!
isbldayt 1 year ago
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Three weeks Aotearoa/New Zealand (30.10. - 21.11.2010) were not sufficient to get to know the land. However, they were sufficient to learn to love it. You can be proudly on you land, kiwis. Certainly we come again sometimes. Kind regards from Cologne/Germany - Jeanette & Berti F.
TrouBertix 1 year ago
been to New Zealand, and i come from Wales, I've never seen so many similarities, 1. adore rugby, 2.more sheep than humans, 3.mountainous country, god bless Nz and Wales :)
ohohjackarmy 1 year ago 2
love it!
looff1 1 year ago
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ARAMBAaustria 1 year ago
NEW ZEALAND is one of the best and most beautiful place on earth.Unfortunately I've never been there :(
ARAMBAaustria 1 year ago 28
@ARAMBAaustria I agree. I was in Austria in 2000 and thought that you had a pretty cool country there too.
fermanNZ 1 year ago 3
@fermanNZ I have been to Austria several times, too. In Vienna, Salzburg and in the Alps. It`s a very beautiful piece of earth, almost dreamlike (together with Bavarian Alps and Neuschwanstein castle). I adore it there. But you probably meant Australia :D. I`d love to visit it (and New Zealand, of course) some day, too. Hope I`ll make it in this century...
TaToHaluz 1 year ago
@TaToHaluz Nope. Austria. Was in Australia is 2000 as well. One is a lot more expensive to get to for us.
fermanNZ 1 year ago
@ARAMBAaustria Lol i live in New Zealand And indeed it is beautiful
tayla983 1 year ago
@ARAMBAaustria if you go there youll be really glad you came. ive grown up in New Zealand, and im pakeha (nz european, no maori blood). our family over the years have hosted homestays, all of them asian. Most (if not all) of the ones were still in contact with want to come back someday. one girl from russia who i befriended wants to coime back. she looked at the sheep and said nz looked kusty like her own country, the lighting and everything, i think. i think it was autumn then
Carolarny1 1 year ago
@ARAMBAaustria relly try to take to croatia that a beautiful place but new zealand is too beautiful place
oleolsen1604 1 year ago
@ARAMBAaustria why dont you visit us then???
aboxpro 11 months ago
@ARAMBAaustria you would love it its the most beautiful place ever that i know of i lived there ^^
superlady1ify 6 months ago
@ARAMBAaustria poor u i lived there and its fab
qtkz2011 5 months ago
Good anthem. Much better than Australia's in my opinion, but it's just an opinion.
9Rayvik9 1 year ago 17
@9Rayvik9 An opinion shared by at least 4.5m people i'm sure. :)
fermanNZ 1 year ago 2
i am so privelidged to be moving to NZ after 14 years in the grey old UK.it truly is the most beautiful country i have ever seen.
ThePlanetchild 1 year ago
how i miss new zealand xxxxx
Holiver1905 1 year ago
We left South Africa 2 1/2 years ago for New Zealand and hasn't looked back ONE day!!! NZ is the best place in the world - safe, clean and man can they play rugby!!!
simpletonist 1 year ago
I would to live in New Zealand. The UK is shit now.
JONNOG88 1 year ago
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America is the most beautiful place on earth
tkaedingfan 1 year ago
@tkaedingfan Obviously you've never been to NZ before. ;)
fermanNZ 1 year ago 23
@tkaedingfan both are beautiful.
MrS5099 1 year ago
i love that i live here :-)
indigoflame31 1 year ago
Greetings from England to New Zealand a lovely country and lovely people.Very nice anthem
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love to stay in New Zealand..
nzbisdak2010 1 year ago
love to stay in New Zealand....
nzbisdak2010 1 year ago
Ok this is the second vid I have seen of this. On the fourth line it should be Me aroha NOA not "Me aroha ROA" and has anyone else picked it up she sings Manaakitia RA instead of Manaakitia MAI. Thumbs up though I love my anthem :)
taumarunui05 1 year ago
@taumarunui05
true bro...picked those up straight away - pretty saaaad seeing as she is basically representing our whenua for the world to see.
Ra means Sun and Mai means come hither =O
and Ma-a-nakitia...WT????
Should have been Ma-na-a-ki-tia.
Elongating in the wrong place completely changes the meaning.
...but on a lighter note, she did a pretty awesome job aye bro.
Sweet As =D
iPandaaXD 1 year ago
I saw the movie The Whale Rider and then got a wild hair to look up the national anthem of NZ. The I saw the movie Once Were Warriors and decided maybe later. Then, a year later finally got around to it...coolness. The heard Will Martin (who really should comb his hair) sing in on another posting and thought WOW God does Defend New Zealand. What ever happened to those actors from Once were Warriors. I know The Whale Rider girl was nominated for and Academy Award and then POOF disappeared.
doobeedoo58 1 year ago
Hope one day I will get chane to visit NZ. Nice Anthem, greeting from Canada.
kuluku 1 year ago
@SuperJuli101
the language of new Zealand is Samoan.
I'm Samoan my self (:
anyhoo , cheers mate on the lovely national anthem
alofa --N.Z-- ♥
Antwan1221 1 year ago
New Zealand looks like a beautiful place. I have never been there. Mainly because it is about half a world away from me,but I would love to go there some day. What system of government is used there I am thinking about leaving America before a Socialist takeover because with my outspoken views against the government I would likely be executed.
deciusvarus 1 year ago
@deciusvarus It is a beautiful place. Probably the best in the world I think. But I am biased. We have a democratically elected government but as everywhere we got problems that seem big to some people. If you're really outspoken the government probably wouldn't execute you but I'm sure someone would eventually.Either that or you could start your own political party. We got plenty of them.
fermanNZ 1 year ago
Greetings from ITALIA!........ i love new zealand hope to go there some day
Viva la Nuova Zelanda!
VivaItalia010 1 year ago
Kiwi born Sa.... I'm honoured to be a Kiwi New Zealander. Respects!!!
sole56nz 1 year ago
thanks
nikosuper888yahoo 1 year ago
good
nikosuper888yahoo 1 year ago
i'm not sure if ur maori but if u r from a part maori to a maori thank u for posting
chalmacu 1 year ago
@chalmacu If I'm not Maori do you not thank me? ;) I would like to treasure the culture of Maori and Non-Maori alike while at the same time celebrate the fact we are one nation of New Zealanders. It concerns me we have different rules for different races when we were all born here free to enjoy our beautiful country.
fermanNZ 1 year ago 5
I´m living in germany....but i can this Anthem better as my home Anthem.
I`m a kiwi in my Heart and soul...
Thx for posting.
Ruhlaergirl 1 year ago
Maori is spoken by Maori and pakeha alike. there are full immersion schools where the student only speaks Maori, there are also bilingual schools, and there are also mainstream schools that teach maori as a second language. i have European cousins who dont have a drop of maori blood running through their veins and they can speak fluent Maori. the language is for all cultures who wish to learn it. not just us.
TouNiiti 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. I am an American, but I am studying as much as I can about New Zealand because in a year, I hope to be there. Is the Anthem sung usually in Maori or in English?
Proud2playitloud 1 year ago
@Proud2playitloud Come on over. It's the best country in the world. We sing the anthem just like the video, Maori first, then English.
fermanNZ 1 year ago
@Proud2playitloud both. the begining is Maori then english. Come to NZ its awesome.
PoisonIvy771 1 year ago
Do u have to speak Maori to life in NZ?
RubicsCubeProduction 1 year ago
@RubicsCubeProduction Most of us speak English. A small % speak both and very few speak only Maori.
fermanNZ 1 year ago
@RubicsCubeProduction No. Maori is spoken by Maori's but their are quiet a lot of people now learning the language. Main language is English. Also Maori is taught at schools as 2nd language.
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iiLaala13 1 year ago
i love new zealand i lived there for 3 years now i am back in austria but i wanna go back to NZ
MarcoStenzel1993 1 year ago
NZ is great and i love this country!
But what language is it??
Most people in NZ speak english! But this lanuage sounds a bit weird! But it's a great one!
SuperJuli101 1 year ago
@SuperJuli101 It starts off in Maori (1 of our official languages) then again in English.
fermanNZ 1 year ago
Greetings from REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO / REPUBLIKA SE KOSOVES/ REPUBLIKA KOSOVA
pat2op 1 year ago