Xena: Po Karekare Ana

A vid to celebrate New Zealand... after seeing xebecatt's New Xena-land vid i just thought there needs to be one to this song, which is right up there pretty much the 2nd national anthem of new zealand... proud to be kiwi...

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• xena
• warrior
• princess
• gabrielle
• new
• zealand
• po
• karekare
• ana
• aotearoa
• lucy
• lawless
• renee
• o'connor

[Justice4RhysJones]

Whoa, what a beautiful National Anthem. So much better than our 'God save the Queen' crap! New Zealand is such a beautiful place, wish I lived there. Well when I finally get the money, I am on the first flight over there and checking out the fabulous scenery. Great vid!

[tinka1482]

aw its not actually the national anthem, but its right up there... like everyone in NZ knows this song :)

[sergenthair10]

Hold on a minute....In New Zealand they speak english. How come the national athem is far from english?? Beautiful anyway.

[tinka1482]

the national anthem can be sung in english or maori

[Sapphire848]

Wow, that's a lovely video! I've never seen Xena but I'd rally like to. I love this song; I first heard it sung by Hayley Westenra. I've never heard it sung like this, who sung this version?

[tinka1482]

i think it's by Karly Te Maro--it's from this old Air New Zealand ad

[wattlesong]

We love learning this in primary school in Australia. Also love your national anthem, sung so proudly when NZ crushes our football teams.

Be great to know the name of the performer.

Long live beautiful, independent and Nuclear-Free New Zealand.

Windy Harbour, W Aust.

[sexcthai]

@sergenthair10

this is a love song.. not our national anthem.. our anthem has both english and maori in it! however it is one of our national songs though.. everyone that is a true kiwi knows this song! just like amazing grace for the british..

[hakaboy6924]

as a country of by and large atheists what does god save the queen say about us really. I would be more than happy for this to be ours officially ours. This is the song we are really known for anyways

[oliviajohnson12529]

OMG this song is so beautiful. Great Vid, and great photage. the song goes great with these scenes. New zeland is such a beautiful place.

[gjhardy]

@Justice4RhysJones New Zealand is unique for having two national anthems of equal standing - God Defend New Zealand and God Save The Queen. Both were inspired by patriotism, yet written in very different circumstances.

[ravi0104]

who sang this version? yeh i think its off the old as Air New Zealand ad. Its beautiful!!!!!!

[maoriwidavengance]

@sergenthair10 the national anthem has an english and a maori version to it. it wouldn't be much of a national anthem if we didn't have our cultures language in it as well.

[iNinja85]

@truthseekerinlight NOOOO WE'RE NOT HAVING IN WORLD CUP GAMES IN CHRISTCHURCH!!! I was soooo damn guttered when I heard that, I was like "DAD NOOOO THEY CAN'T!!! AHHHHHHHHH -gonna die- NOOOO!"

STUPID EARTHQUAKE!!!

Hayley Westenra sung this song at the Christchurch Memorial in Hagley Park todayyyy!!!!

[iNinja85]

@tinka1482 Yeaaa, this song was in the Christchurch Earthquake Memorial in Hagley Park TODAYYY!! Omggg

Damn, I had one hell of a lump in my throat trying not to cry....

[benk105]

I think ... her voice sounded more inosen than Hayley Westenra ...

[truthseekerinlight]

This song should be sung throughout the rugby world cup and should be the NZ anthem it is one of the most beautifu musical pieces ever........