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17 April 2013

NZ parliament bursts into song as same-sex marriage bill is passed

Pokarekare ana / Nga wai o waiapu / Whiti atu koe hine / Marino ana e.

By Alex Hern

Everyone and their mother has posted this video, but it’s too good not to share here. As the Kiwi parliament voted to allow same sex marriages, spectators in the gallery started singing Pokarekare Ana, a Maori love song as MPs hugged Louisa Wall, the sponsor of the bill. It’s beautiful:

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