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Powerful moment New Zealand firefighters honour 9/11 first responders with a stirring haka...
Daily Mail (Australia/UK) ^ | 12th September 2019 | Brett Lackey

Posted on 09/11/2019 5:26:05 PM PDT by naturalman1975

New Zealand firefighters performed a powerful haka in Auckland on Wednesday to honor the 9/11 first responders.

The group were filmed in their service uniforms in two rows as they performed the Maori tradition.

A crowd of dignitaries and other firefighters dressed in their operational gear and were seen watching on.

Hakas are generally performed as a sign of great respect and are often presented at funerals, celebrations or sporting events.

Over 200 firefighters climbed Auckland's Sky Tower as a tribute to those who died in the attacks on the World Trade Centre.

Three chiefs from the New York Fire Department also attended the event.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 911; haka; hakas; maori; memorial

1 posted on 09/11/2019 5:26:05 PM PDT by naturalman1975
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To: naturalman1975
I'm a volunteer firefighter here in Australia. When I first began training for that role, I was told of a firefighters creed.

If lives are in danger,
Though your own be in doubt
You have to go in
You don't have to come out.

Cannot help thinking of that everytime I see footage of New York's Bravest on September 11, 2001.

2 posted on 09/11/2019 5:28:12 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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To: naturalman1975

I watched the video. Very cool.


3 posted on 09/11/2019 5:34:57 PM PDT by lasereye
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To: naturalman1975
Here is the You tube link
4 posted on 09/11/2019 5:36:30 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: naturalman1975

Stationed with ANZACs in Egypt. Stirring ceremony.


5 posted on 09/11/2019 5:37:40 PM PDT by Feckless (The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
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To: lasereye

Wasn’t it though?

I know Nothing of Maori Tradition or the haka but you can tell it is something that means a lot to them and it seemed almost like a warrior’s tribute.

And it was great of them to do that.


6 posted on 09/11/2019 5:38:04 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
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To: naturalman1975
The Kiwi's are awesome people.

In WWII they sent a higher percentage of draft age men to the war than did either the USA or England.

They did so with no draft in place.

7 posted on 09/11/2019 5:38:42 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: Michael.SF.
In WWII they sent a higher percentage of draft age men to the war than did either the USA or England. They did so with no draft in place.

That's impressive. Many thanks to them.

(My own father was over the age to be drafted, but as soon as Pearl Harbor happened, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps - many of his friends also enlisted then. Following similar sentiments and a similar situation, a lot of Americans enlisted because of 9/11, too.)
8 posted on 09/11/2019 5:54:18 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: naturalman1975

It’s the same here, brother.


9 posted on 09/11/2019 6:06:17 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
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"It’s the same here, brother."

Where's "here"?

10 posted on 09/11/2019 6:43:54 PM PDT by jackibutterfly (A vote for ANY Democrat, whether it be in a local, st or fed election, is a vote against America.)
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Rural Illinois.


11 posted on 09/11/2019 7:23:32 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (The Democrat party. A collaboration of Cloward-Piven and Dunning-Kruger.)
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To: naturalman1975

I was in a university rugby club in the States. We don’t play from childhood like the New Zealanders. We couldn’t touch them or the ball much. It was hilarious. ;)


12 posted on 09/11/2019 7:50:39 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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When I went to New Zealand last year, the Number One thing on my list of things to do was to buy an All Blacks Jersey.


13 posted on 09/11/2019 8:00:27 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: naturalman1975

Thanks for posting this.


14 posted on 09/12/2019 4:38:16 AM PDT by simpson96
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