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Video: New Zealand soldiers perform Haka for fallen comrades in Afghanistan
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Video: New Zealand soldiers perform Haka for fallen comrades in Afghanistan
  • Published_at:2012-08-27
  • Category:News & Politics
  • Channel:RussiaToday
  • tags: RT, NZ soldiers Haka, Maori Haka dance, Haka performance, New Zealand haka, ceremony, funeral, uniform, Afghanistan, military, Taliban, war, NATO, All Blacks, Burnham Military Camp, Christchurch, Royal Army Infantry Regiment, amazing
  • description: The New Zealand Defence Force released a video showing hundreds of troops performing a traditional Maori funeral Haka as a farewell to three of their colleagues who were killed in Afghanistan. New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key announced last week that the country will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan earlier in 2013 than planned. RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/b/102728491539958529040 RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.
ranked in date views likes Comments ranked in country (#position)
2012-08-30 38,303 665 923 (New Zealand,#22) 
2012-08-31 51,650 725 976 (New Zealand,#19) 
2012-09-01 64,488 781 1,022 (New Zealand,#20) 
2012-09-02 71,355 812 1,051 (New Zealand,#21) 
2012-09-03 76,034 837 1,101 (New Zealand,#22) 
2012-09-04 82,042 860 1,126 (New Zealand,#57) 
2012-09-05 85,207 868 1,137 (New Zealand,#72) 
2012-09-06 86,937 877 1,146 (New Zealand,#81)