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UB40's Waitangi waiata


British reggae band UB40 was welcomed to New Zealand on Tuesday night with a powhiri at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds by members of the cultural group Te Pito Whenua. After the speeches of welcome inside Te Whare Runanga, the carved meeting house, the band responded by singing You Could Meet Somebody as their waiata tautoko (a song performed to support a speaker). Here is a short excerpt.

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