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Pōkarekare Ana - A Māori Love Song

Television (Full Length) – 2002

I wouldn’t call it a national anthem … I think it’s deeper than that.
– Howard Morrison
It’s a mesmerizing type of melody ... It's easily remembered, most of the pertinent words are easily remembered and I think even for the hardened kiwi who's singing it, it still conjures up some interior view that that person holds for this country that we're in.
– Late broadcaster Henare Te Ua

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