Welcome Home

A heartwarming tribute to the spirit of togetherness, this Dave Dobbyn classic celebrates Aotearoa's many colours. Forklift drivers, shop owners, children and (then) asylum seeker Ahmed Zaoui lend weight to the welcome, as does the declaration at the end: "We come from everywhere. Speak peace and welcome home." Taken from 2005 album Available Light, Dobbyn's song became an unofficial anthem to many expats. Dobbyn went on to sing it at the 2006 launch of a NZ memorial in London, at concerts after the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks — and in te reo version 'Nau Mai Rā'.

The way it came together, the way the video was filmed, the way people embraced it, was amazing really. So I'd have to call that a success.

– Dave Dobbyn on 'Welcome Home', Radio New Zealand, 4 January 2016

Key Cast & Crew

Tim Groenendaal

Director