New Zealand passes Marriage Equality and sings

Reading of the vote to pass Marriage Equality in New Zealand, followed by a waiata (song - annotated for non-NZers) This is the most heartfelt singing of Pōkarekare I have ever heard. Pōkarekare ana ngā wai o Rotorua Troubled are the waters of (Lake) Rotorua* *Originally “o Waiapu“ [river] but this version suggests the story of high-born Hinemoa swimming Rotorua to her low-born lover Tūtānekai on Mokoia Island. One speaker mentioned how Tūtānekai still loved his takatāpui, [intimate same-sex companion] T