I want to support the letter on Thursday from “Kia Ora” asking why the great song of the Māori Battalion is not sung at Anzac services. I have felt for many years that this rousing and historic song should be our second popular anthem — like what Waltzing Matilda is to Australians, which is often sung in preference to “Advance Australia Fair” (a girl’s blouse of a song).
Anyway, think of a rugby crowd of 50,000 lustily singing “Ake! Ake! Kia kaha E!” before an ABs game. Or, better, during the game!
Ewan Mcgregor
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