[kj] Jazz Coleman, what a bar stool

[Brendan Quinn]

God Defend NZ. Sung in Maori first then English. Pretty much only at
important rugby games.  

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of folk devil
Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2009 04:57
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Jazz Coleman, what a bar stool

 

Do Kiwis still sing God save the queen, or just God save New Zealand?

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From: bq at soundgardener.co.nz
To: gathering at misera.net
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:14:41 +1100
Subject: Re: [kj] Jazz Coleman, what a bar stool

All I know is that the NZ National Anthem is now generally sung in Maori as
well as English, Jeremy reckons he was instrumental in persuading Hine Mohi
(I think) to sing it in Maori at a Rugby World Cup final in the 90s, which,
apparently, caused a debate in NZ that raged for months and went all the way
to Parliament (can't remember any of this myself but it could have happened)
and it now 'officially' has to be sung in both languages or some such. I
read what she had to say about it and her version has Jaz as a somewhat
lesser player, not surprisingly. To be honest no one in NZ really knows Hine
or Jaz, and like most countries no one really cares about the National
Anthem, other than wanting to change it to something less crusty,
imperialistic and old farty. 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
Behalf Of folk devil
Sent: Thursday, 29 January 2009 03:30
To: gathering at misera.net
Subject: Re: [kj] Jazz Coleman, what a bar stool

 

didn't he add one verse in Maori or something?
he played it on the piano for us, during the 2003 tour :)

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