Hayley Westenra sings national anthem NZ Memorial Dedication

Hayley Westenra sings the UK and NZ national anthems for the New Zealand Memorial Dedication and the Queen in Hyde Park, London

[@Crusadist1099]

Hayley is indeed not only a wonderful singer but a wonderful, gentle, loving person, as those of us who've been lucky enough to meet her can testify to.

[@323nut]

Im a serving army soldier and its great to see our sacrifice being recognised by hte Queen. Hayley Westenra is the best choice for this as she has an amazing voice and has great poise. Kia Kaha to everyone of Ngati Tumatauenga. A McMaster 3ANR

[@frederichrecinski4616]

Hayley est assurément la plus grande, la plus belle et la plus merveilleuse ambassadrice de la Nouvelle Zélande !! 💖🙏💖

[@mystery10man]

As a American, watching this dedication I want to say thank you to our allies who served alongside us during WWII. God save the Queen. God bless America.

[@Scampergirl]

My Dad was in the Navy and traveled all over.. He said New Zealand was hands down, the most beautiful country in the entire world. I'm going to visit NZ, to honor my Dad and the Kiwis.

[@pattimuse1]

It's where I want to go next!!!🥰

[@williamevans4894]

Good choice beautiful country I have been told from 🇬🇧

[@hi262779]

I am both British and a New Zealander, this video made me cry, I felt so proud.

[@mikedunn7888]

I am Maori and a member of the Returned Services Association...this stuff is good for my tear ducts! I am so proud of my people, my Iwi, my Whanau. The beautiful Hayley honours our country and our people with her lovely voice.

[@joesmith-jb4ls]

I am impressed every time I hear Haley. The passion of the Maoris is unequalled. I get a stirring in my heart every time I view this. Thanks

[@Nefermaatnetjer]

I wish i lived in New Zealand! beautiful singers and fierce Polynesian warriors.. who could ask for more?

[@fatpoodles]

R.I.P all the ANZAC troopers. Australia and New Zealand forever

[@c00per69]

As a canadian watching this I could not be more proud of the Last Post and God save the queen

[@bilosh15]

Very nice anthems United Kingdom and New Zealand, also very nice performance. I love the UK. Greeting from Israel.

[@tanidn]

That gave me goosebumps... That is really good comming from a singer.

[@toyotasera55]

That was great to watch! Hayley sang both anthems beautifully and I would like to extent a huge thank you to our Commonwealth Brethren!

[@user-ic6pr8yv2y]

Whatever Hayley does, turns the event into an occasion.

[@kennyyg]

I'm a Hong Kong people who seldom listen to the National Anthem of New Zealand. Thanks Hayley for bringing this awesome song to me!

[@hobertlee7598]

Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful Voice,Very Very Good Video

[@kingbollix]

I have lived in both canada and nz and NZ wins hands down.

[@klown2704]

so enjoy the new zealand anthem being sung in both official languages of new zealand - maori and english - isnt that what "partnership" is about? hayleys singing of both anthems was a real treat. thank you new zealand - you continue to show the world that you truly are indeed the first nation! well done!!

[@pattimuse1]

Hayley sings with so much feeling no matter what she sings!

[@suficiencia11]

She sings like the angels!

[@frederichrecinski4616]

suficiencia, On voit bien que tu ne sais pas de quoi tu parles !! IGNARE !! Un ange n'a ABSOLUMENT PAS une voix cristalline comme celle d'Hayley !!

[@HugoDBPHuguenot]

Thanks. You are quite gracious. As it happens I'm a US Army trauma surgeon soon to retire as a Colonel. Seven deployments in as many years has been enough. With the kids all in college, my wife, also a physician and British subject, and I are planning our next adventure. NZ is top on the list along with GB. The problem with GB is that none of our credentials are recognised. NZ and Australia make the move quite easy. We both want to teach. We've had warm welcomes from several universities.

[@Ancupola]

A wonderful video and a moving moment too. God bless NZ!

[@massoud999]

Be blessed New Zealand Bless you Hayley

[@wwn6570]

For those who say that the Queen did not express any emotion during the anthem - I think you need to look at her eyes, there was emotion there. New Zealanders stand proud because our people went off to war to defend freedom and peace. We have tried hard to right the wrongs of colonialism and work hard in the world to resolve conflict. We stood strong against nuclear testing in the Pacific. The older I get the more it means to me to hold on to tradition. That includes the queen & our pride.

[@naomiwood7366]

Beautiful renditions of both anthems!

[@janehammond8209]

Being part Kiwi, my dad was a Kiwi, I am proud of my New Zealand heritage. listening to Hayley brings back memories some sad. my brother who was also a Kiwi passed recently, the funeral was a mixture of English and New Zealand music. Love Maori songs and loved visits to my other homeland.

[@johnnytanini]

Hayley is fantastic!

[@popeye1250]

Wow! Great voice!

[@nightowlnzab]

This was at the dedication for the Southern Stand, a New Zealand War Memorial in Hyde Park Corner, London. Attended by the PM's of NZ and Britain, the Queen etc.

[@sexynlookingood]

so moving!!! certainly brings tears to my eyes. so proud to be a kiwi

[@Sven237]

Honor to the fallen and all the relatives.

[@grace7777]

What a spectacular voice. Wow.

[@HugoDBPHuguenot]

@wwn6570 I agree. If she was not thinking "God, my feet hurt!" then she may have been remembering a much happier time in her life, 1954 in New Zealand. God Save the Queen!

[@queny2]

New Zealand is a nation and not a dominion. Something we earned in blood.

[@bzylizzy]

I AM SO PROUD TO BE A KIWI!!!!!!!!

[@svenheilborn1537]

Congratulations for your national holiday on 6th February New Zealand from your friends in Germany

[@queny2]

Forty-two percent of men of military age served in the NZEF. 16,697 New Zealanders were killed and 41,317 were wounded during the war - a 58 percent casualty rate. Approximately a further thousand men died within five years of the war's end, as a result of injuries sustained, and 507 died whilst training in New Zealand between 1914 and 1918. New Zealand had the highest casualty and death rate per capita of any country involved in the war.

[@yome12378906676hihih]

WOW SHE IS AMAZING

[@greetingblu]

I love New Zealand!!

[@ToniHighlander]

made me cry too! :) amazing video!

[@navigatorescalade]

Wow, Hayley Westenra's voice is so intriguing! smooth, silky voice. *Thumbs-up :)

[@peace-now]

Yes. I knew a South African surgeon in Australia. He actually worked with Christaan Barnard. He was having difficulties having his credentials recognised in Australia. I suggested he move to New Zealand and work there. Once he had worked in New Zealand, and had his credentials amended/enhanced, he could then move back to Australia, as New Zealand practicing surgeons can work in Australia and vice versa. I am sure the same applies to GB. (more)

[@Aberjan]

At 3:32, the Maori with his eyes closed and proudly singing the anthemn - he's singing it from the heart. PROPS to him.

[@awuma]

More than that, New Zealand is a Dominion. Like Canada, and Australia (for now), the Queen is the Queen of New Zealand, the Head of State, represented locally by a Governor-General.

[@LeyvaRudy]

I agree Hayley is gorgeous! I could listen to her sing all day. Sgtcrab 1 get a life.....dreamer....

[@Nadesypoo]

OMG that made me cry!!

[@664ever]

G' day there mates. What a chillingly wonderful tune.

[@christinekent8702]

Beautiful

[@fraggle1979]

maybe last year awesome NZ - makes me miss home!!

[@peace-now]

Of course. I lived much of my life there and was born there. I find all countries beautiful in their own way.

[@wenglishsal]

Totally agree, the Queen does not show any emotion during anthems, it's just the done thing, not any disrespect at all... Queen Elizabeth the 2nd has been on the throne over 60 years and heard many anthems, giver her a break chaps... please... God Bless You Maam...

[@nightowlnzab]

@artistdeterminedmsv The New Zealand memorial (where this video of the dedication was shot) is at Hyde Park corner in London.

[@AvedisBarsoumian]

amazing .i like

[@KentPomares]

Truly, honor, valliance and bravery prevail amidst the bleakest of darkness.

[@GoodCourage]

New Zealand holds a rare position in the world in that it has two national anthems of equal standing - 'God Defend New Zealand' and 'God Save The Queen'.

[@popinfresh]

thank you. its been bugging me for so long that i didnt know where the anthem came from..haha

[@bizbutton]

This is a war memorial service..one should not be smiling and/or laughing..it is a somber moment!!!

[@carletegg]

I'm from Spain, I didn't know the NZ anthem so beautiful. check the Spanish one, it's great as well

[@yktam007]

They pay respects to the tribes and the Queen, great man and woman

[@bocciafan]

Hayley went to my school. :)

[@sgtcrab1]

Yes indeed it is a dream. A dream of peace and a better world. Not my nightmare from 65-68 in my military service. PAX

[@sontseilluna]

very good video, interesting :) thx

[@jonathanrum]

The days are coming where all nz will be singing the anthem in all the stadiums and with gusto, for all will turn to the God of heaven and earth. Psalms 22.27 says all the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord

[@xelallih]

We do have. We are caled Welsh. Scottish, English and Ulstermen/women.

[@AKarpovitch]

I like it

[@palmeriain]

New Zealand has two National Anthems, God Save the Queen & God Defend New Zealand

[@GoodCourage]

NO, that is the case in Canada and Australia but NOT NZ. Look at the website of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of New Zealand. It is the only country in the world with TWO official national anthems.

[@bripat22]

it is we Americans that changed the lyrics but kept the tune :)

[@smone89]

haha, der haka ist einfach zu geil :) i loooove nz...

[@L42A1]

The Australian memorial is on the other side of the grass there, behind the camera.

[@57worldwide]

Anzac is a place in Alberta, Canada. They were being funny guys.

[@peace-now]

No need to be sorry. You weren't to know. Thank you for your kind words. :)

[@Insperato62]

Beautiful version of the British National Anthem. I believe New Zealand lost a higher % of it's population than any other country in the British Empire during WW2. What can I say? Thank you - my dad was in Bomber Command and met many Kiwis. I am a member of the C of E Mother's Union and the first overseas branch was in New Zealand - evidence that many of the earliest settlers were farming stock from the south of England. As for the man who said the British Army traditions were "stuck up and dead" compared with the Haka .... total disregard of different cultures, which isn't helpful. We must strive to respect other's cultures as far as possible, not be in competition as in those days of empire.

[@joymacdonald3871]

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[@joymacdonald3871]

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[@harrycurrie9664]

I believe Britain lost about 0.91%, NZ about 0.72%, Australia 0.52%, Canada about 0.12% . but yes probably the most of Commonwealth nations. Britain losses also included civilian deaths where as NZ's were totally military.

[@JepJep92]

@c00per69 It's God Save Our Gracious Queen at the start, the it goes to God Save the Queen. So depending on where Canadians sing God Save our Queen it could be wrong out right aha, but in New Zealand God Save the Queen is also the national anthem (but not sung often)

[@briannorton4784]

Roel den Oudsten god save the queen was Canada's national anthem in my young days. O Canada is now. Bev. N.

[@GoodCourage]

That wasn't New Zealand. That was London. 'God Save the Queen' is one of TWO official anthems of New Zealand. Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand. Therefore, Hayley, a good Kiwi girl, was singing BOTH of the national anthems of HER country and in front of HER Queen.

[@Undergottensnotten]

No nations are ruled by Britain. All our former colonies are independent now. The handful of Overseas Territories remain under British sovereignty by choice.

[@kingbollix]

Good for you!

[@christina7745]

My country tis of thee

[@Undergottensnotten]

Why should Her Majesty ever "step down?" A monarch serves for life.

[@Rogapol]

One of the best things to come out of NZ is their national anthem & yeah what do you expect the Queen to do during a national anthem a bloody handstand and a jig? Seriously what does anybody do during a national anthem? Thats right, stand their and soak it in

[@hollercrombie377]

i have no clue but now that i listen to it again, it actually sounds like theyre using it as an anthem lol

[@awuma]

Look at 2:18 into the video. At 3:15 you also get a close up of the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. (For a while, the Governor-General, Chief Justice, Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition were all women).

[@popinfresh]

aberjan, at 3:07, its atua, Hayley pronounced it properly. but you are correct about 3:31.

[@claudiacloclo1]

wow

[@57worldwide]

No. ANZAC is the Australia New Zealand Army Corps.

[@GoodCourage]

It's OFFICIAL. Equal standing. Go to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage of New Zealand website. It is there and in those exact words: EQUAL STANDING.

[@Norfolkscot]

It is also known as The Kaiser Hymn.

[@total9day]

God Save the queen

[@khucdu]

Can some one translate the last part of this clip when the men expressed themselves in their national touge?

[@57worldwide]

New Zealand and Australia became one, ANZAC, then I ANZAC Corps and II ANZAC Corps. There were no Canadians in any ANZAC force.

[@Aberjan]

I may be wrong here, but at 3:07 I think that it should be ah-toh-rah, not ah-too-rah. And at 3:31, I think that it should be ko-teh-pai, not ko-tee-pai. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I haven't sung the national anthem in ages and she's been doing it for a long time.

[@Tigrisz4]

NZ is not a STATE, it's a Country!! God Save THE QUEEN..NZ has it's own hierachy and Monarchy...haha

[@armondfurmie5613]

THIS HAPPENED IN SOUTH AFRICA AS WELL I LOST FAMILY AND THE FEW RETURNING NOT GIVEN A HOME TO LIVE IN RATHER A FEW ITEMS BITS OF CLOTHING A FEW CARPENTER TOOLS AND SOME A BIKE NOT MOTORISED AND THE POLITICIANS GLORIOUS APARTHEID SYSTEM KILLED WHAT WAS LEFT IN DIGNITY

[@craigzomack]

listen, most german people did not want to fight for what was wrong, like my great grandad who died on the russian front, he did not want to fight

[@664ever]

To all the ANZAC diggers: Lest we forget. You made this world a litte bit better.

[@GoodCourage]

"My Country, 'Tis of Thee," also known as "America," is an American patriotic song. The melody is DERIVED from the British national anthem, "God Save the Queen" -- the world's oldest national anthem written in 1745!!! GSTQ is also ONE of TWO official anthems of NZ.

[@raffyos]

Very impressive! the last part I mean, is it a war chant or something?

[@queny2]

It's called the Haka. It's a traditional Maori challenge to battle. It may be used to commemorate heroic action, especially actions in which the Haka was a prelude, as certainly occurred in North Africa in WW2. The All Blacks are so good at performing it now they are considering dropping the Rugby:)

[@mkm576]

What does the part by the Maori (I guess?) at the end mean/translate to? Sorry for being ignorant. I just don't really know a lot about NZ culture and am curious.