Watch this beautiful video of New Zealand passing Marriage Equality legislation!

There’s tears and cheering and funny hats and the people watching from the seats above spontaneously burst into song - a traditional Māori love song called Pokarekare Ana, popularised by Māori soldiers who embraced the song as they were embarking for Europe to fight in World War I.

My heart!

Notes: 246 4/17/13 — 12:00pm Short URL: https://tmblr.co/ZCNwHxivCr20
 
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    I sorta wanted to relive this from a year ago. tbh I think I’m more moved by how much Māori people and their culture is...
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    Actually brought me to tears
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