Pokarekare Ana

Today's the day ......................... for a love song

We started learning a new song tonight in choir practice - Pokarekare Ana - a traditional New Zealand love song written in Māori, probably composed about the time World War I began in 1914.

It is a beautiful song which has changed over the years but is now known and sung world-wide.  Apparently in April 2013, after the legalising of Gay Marriage in New Zealand, there was a spontaneous singing of this song by those present in the parliament building.  It must have been quite an emotional moment.

Here's Hayley Westenra's version of it ...........................