The funeral for Sir John Graham KNZM CBE ED (1935-2017)
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- čas přidán 6. 08. 2017
- On Wednesday 2 August, the ninth Headmaster of Auckland Grammar School, Sir John Graham, sadly passed away at the age of 82. His funeral was held at St Mary's Church, Parnell on Monday 7 August.
All 2,500+ students of Auckland Grammar paid their respects to the former Headmaster and All Blacks captain in the best way they knew how - by singing a waiata, then performing a full school haka for the first time in the School's 148-year history.
Rest in peace, Sir John. Per Angusta Ad Augusta.
#grammarpride
Many thanks to the at Rainger and Rolfe for putting this video together.
I bet the indigenous Maori from far back never expected that their culture would live on by different peoples united under the same flag. They would be proud! Wonderful stuff
Son puro honor sangre lealtad sin palabras
That’s respect and honor, long live the nation 👍🏾
Kalupz or maybe they are looking at the pasty ginger people and thinking 🤔 what the fuck is he doing impersonating us.
@@roozbehfarhadi9993 I'm white and was born ginger (now brown) who happens to be 10% Maori. So what's your point?
There ya go lol
All races in the haka is what makes the Maori culture so beautiful! Kia kaha! Arohanui
But white people still cannot do this as well as the Maoris. They look outta place
@@roozbehfarhadi9993 You're an idiot.
@@roozbehfarhadi9993 shut your bitch ass up
@@choural it takes 10s to find out that women do perform haka, there is even haka written for women, stop making yourself look like an idiot and do at least few min of research before you write comment/open mouth
Beautifully Said.
I'm Native American, and I can tell you we have nothing like this in America. My Native culture still exists, but it seems to be slowly disappearing with each new generation. This is awe inspiring to watch so many different people unite like this. Powerful stuff. Shit, if I had a funeral like this, I may sit up and join you guys one final time before resting in peace!!
Very true , and very sad. 1/2 Sioux blood , 100% in heart and spirit.
Sadly the culture and traditions were not passed along the generations
Your culture only matters if you're black apparently
Same to me. I'm of small European nation, population is less than 10000, it's just ethnic group now. I can speak 4 languages but I know may be 50 words in my native language.
in Maoridom we never use blood percentage if we have maori in our line we carry that line no matter how small the percentage is we are entitled to all that Maoridom has to offer thats how we keep our numbers our language our culture and no matter how much maori blood we carry its how we see ourselves I have white looking cousins but they call themselves Maori with white heritage I use to call myself half cast in my school years but im not im Maori with a couple white ancestors your culture will disappear if your tribes keep on using the percentage system accept all that know they have first nations blood an let them be entitled to all first nation peoples rights and resources as well . I watched a doco on a first nations boy who was not entitled to anything because of his percentage thats what im basing my info on
Because that particular culture is not that strong
Just a beautiful culture, so much respect, wish my kids were growing up there
You may like to listen to our National anthem the full version it will explain the spirit of our Nation and the people
destroying the resources and eating man.
@@kinasandwich7624 l9702950749
@@AgonoshiiAgone of course just like your ancestors did lol,
Witnesses the land of the giants
I love how passionate each and every student was while performing. I couldn't find one face amongst the many that was not fully immersed in the haka. Love it
You can find some half assing it. But The guys up front are all you need :D
@@MortyTheReaper i just watched again and couldn't see any! I love how even the smallest boys were into it! So cool!
I wish I could pass on cultural traditions to my daughter, but as a 4th generation America we really don't have any 😪
I hope that Haka is optional, because wouldn’t some people think that they would be embarrassing themselves? Or be very nervous?
I would be fucking terrified, events like that isn’t exactly my thing even if I were to pay my respects, I would only do it in the old way Because that’s what I know and there’s far less of a chance of me making a fool of myself
@@brandondavis8584 in my experience. You and Everyone else is in the "zone". You dont care whos watching. Youre just doing it. Yano? Especially if you mean it ..🤷
Here in Germany I follow the history and above all the integration of different cultures in New Zealand. Therefore, I find the New Zealanders' behavior exemplary for the coexistence of ethnic groups that live together in tradition, which is not the case in other countries or on continents. My deepest respect.
Kiwi
@Nora Z You are full of crap. The Celtic people in Ireland were in no way depleted to the point of extinction in Ireland which forced them to accept millions of non Europeans. You are deluded and have the gall to call me ignorant? Just another lefty zombie. Ireland was fine even after the last great exodus to the USA because of the potato famine, and they were fine building up their population themselves for nearly 100 years after that before Ireland suddenly had to accept the world in to their midst. Yet here you are blaming the English, who are going through exactly the same as the Irish in their own homeland.
@@heroictesticles6870 What I don't get is.... wtf does your vile , bigoted vitriol have to do with my country , my traditons ? This video is about an exceptional Teacher , mentor ,administrator who helped mould boys into thoughtful ,educated and erudite young men.
What it is not is a valid platform for spewing hate filled bigotry .
The man this video celebrates , if he were around today , would fight your ideology till his last breath.
I proudly identify as a New Zealand Maori although half my heritage emanates from other places in the world.
My people were almost wiped out to the point of no return but our people , our culture , our place in this society are secure and thriving thanks in large part to those we welcomed into our land.
We both agree that keeping your identity alive and thriving , relevant and vibrant is very important . What I don't understand is this. What have all these people ,these immigrants you believe are part of the problem , how do they affect the birthrate of the Germanic peoples you proport to represent? After all they didn't wipe out 2 entire generations of the flower of German youth in 30 years. The German people inflicted that on themselves. You can't lose 2 generations completely and hope to recover in just 2 or 3 more . Unobtainable in my opinion. Blaming others for your predicament can't be the answer. Surely the resolution of this problem lies within the Germanic community , not by demonizing others?
Just my opinion....
@@tonyrata4796 Limp wrist lefty. Can't have any discussion without snapping your thin wrists against the keyboard, screaming in your nasally voice at the monitor because someone has another view of something. The way you write is out of the SJW playbook. ..... Your mother just called, your dinner is ready.
@@heroictesticles6870 Lefty?No ,not a lefty. My anger is because you chose a clip celebrating the best teacher I ever met,who educated our children. In reality I could care less about your ideology, I'm happy to discuss differences of opinion. But why choose the celebration of a great educater and mentor as a platform to attempt to sow dissatisfaction with how things are progressing in your part of the world? There are other means to acheive your goals without highjacking the celebration of a much loved man to articulate problems that are completely alien to him . He cared little for the ethnicity of the child , he loved them all.
Anger never helps , so I apologise for that , but I hope you understand it felt to me that this was not the appropriate platform to politicise , it is a memorial for many of us.
It might surprise you but there are things you say that I sympathise with , after all my people endured in the past . The attempts to systematically wipe us from the face of the earth were savage and almost succeeded. And the situation for us was far worse than the problem that confronts you, 70% of our population was wiped out in less than 50 years.
If our experience has one lesson to teach it is simply this. To focus on anything other than your own people is a grave mistake.
We discovered , when we began advocating for our people , the opposition came from the Colonial Era leadership of the day, not the people. And even more surprising was that the most recent immigrants thought it unacceptable that the first peoples of this land should find themselves in such a position.
In the 1970's my uncle , as Minister of Maori Affairs introduced , championed and succeeded with legislation which has , 40 years later , transformed the future landscape for our people. It is known here as The Waitangi Tribunal , a body who's purpose was to hear grievences , find solutions. In short , take action to reverse and stop the trend toward extinction. It has cost this nation billions of dollars , years of anguish and disappointments but eventually amazing outcomes.For everyone.
The job and the Tribunal are both still ongoing but our people are going from strength to strength rapidly.
Maori owned business now contributes billions of dollars each year to the national wealth , which helps all our peoples thrive. It's a different world for us today and our people are thriving in it. Our birthrate has recovered and that one fact alone is more valuable than gold.
I DO sympathise with your cause , I just disagree with your rhetoric and what I have assumed your solutions for the problem might be. If my assumption was incorrect , again I apologise.
But I will never apologise for loving all the people who make this country their home. They are us.
One more thing.
I'm a 60 year old man and it would be the best dream possible come true to hear my mother call me to eat . It would complete my life to see her again.
Stay Safe.
Great loyalty. Congrats to all. Loves from Turkey to our Anzac brothers 🇹🇷🇦🇺🇳🇿
My mom wanted to send me there as a teenager being that I was skrewing up in the states. Of course she couldn't bare the fact that I would be on the other side of the world so I stayed. I wish I did go....
If you want to come to New Zealand, better late than never! Just come.
Be happy dude. Life is brutal for all of us. We each have our own Haka. This is theirs. Your parents loved you because they couldn't bear letting go of you to another side of the world.
So scream. Shout. Don't mimic their Haka, do your own Haka that speaks from your heart, and make sure it's loud as hell.
Go now! You'll love it!
And if you had gone to Auckland Grammar you would have learnt that Haka.
And rocked it hard.
I'm a grown man and that made me tear up. Very moving , that is a level of respect you do not see often .
This is normal to Maori people, but the rest of New Zealanders are catching up lol
I, personally, cried throughout nearly the whole thing; but I'm a sentimental old lady. Beautiful memorial for a great man. P.S. I just now saw this in August, 2019.
10 men doing haka is intense but these thousands boys can lift a mountain.
Talk about students coming together to honour someone who gave them a valuable source known as EDUCATION..
It gives me chills down the spine everytime I witness Haka. A tradition that ought to be preserved for the ages to come.
As a Maori nothing makes us more proud than the haka! ❤
I got goosebumps. Greetings from Germany. 25 years ago, I spent some time in your wonderful New Zealand and I lost a part of my heart there.
Don't worry! We're just keeping it safe till you come back!
@@KovuJenkai oh man, what a touching answer ... thank you
@@realdeusex Bitte, mein freund :)
I´m from Brazil... you can't imagine how this video made me feel SO MUCH ENERGY through the screen of my computer...
If only americans knew how to respect the culture of Native people
That's so sad, just imagine what the USA culture be like today if it did embrace, supported & respected the Indgenious Native Americans culture back in the dag & to have it intertwined together man the USA would be world beaters. But I dont think that would ever happen in my life time but I'm a optermist or die hard trying.
Imagine if people would stop comparing a country with the third highest population in the world to those with less than many US cities
@@Arceus556 Ah then it's obvious that the less populated countries won't have to show off to the overpopulated countries will they aye?
@@Arceus556 less integration and more domination+overpopulation
Boy, you can't compare tribes/people from two VERY different places that also are VERY FAR away from each other, it wasn't the americans, it was the british.
My testosterone is increasing by just watching this
Anxiety is increasing haha
😂😂
My boobs dropped and I grew a dick
Lol wtf is this people doing can someone explain what are they doing worship or what
No Name lol. Ray you crazy
This is beyond honor to see a new generation continue what there forefathers culture passed into another century is beyond words. Every time I watch a Haka I get chills. I feel the power the strength .
Especially if you perform one.
It is so fantastic that an ancient culture is being kept alive and not being allowed to fade away.
Fantastic show of respect . Very moving and humbling. As an Englishman I find it moving every time i hear the Haka ' I do not know why but deep inside it speaks to me almost as if my own ancestors are talking to me from the past .. Anyway its always an honour to here the islanders remember their culture
Reat in peace Sir.
I was taught my first Haka and Chant by an Englishman.
Never questioned it.
@@harrycullen1643 really well im guessing he was taught by someone well versed in it... 👍👍👍
Shivers down my spine. Be proud of your culture, traditions and take care of each other. There is something special in seeing people from anglo-celtic blood and maori blood together in one common thing, in the name of honouring the dead with this ancient tradition.
You don’t have to be Maori to have a Maori heart
bruh im crying watching this,i dont unnderstand the single word but the way they said it....its too beautiful...but i though Haka is for like a war or some sort?
@@thatayrellguy3023 Haka are performed for various reasons: for welcoming distinguished guests, or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions or funerals. The 1888-89 New Zealand Native football team began a tradition by performing the haka during an international tour.
@@GusCalegari i see....thank you for the information mate
@@thatayrellguy3023 yes bro, war back in the day. Prayer of sorts in those special moments that may occur when appropriate. Used in war to effect in ww1 and 2.
True
wow everytime i hear the hakka it send shivers down my spine, i admire watching them especialy when the nz rubgy does such a perfomance and tradition
Now that's Respect 💯, R.I.P sir, from Cardiff Wales 🏴✌🏻
Notice how every colour is in the crowd, all embracing one culture. NZ is a great role model of adopting diversity🔥 I Love it❤️
It has noting to do with the "woke" political slogan of "diversity". It is unity, not diversity, and it is a unique aspect of being a New Zealander.
@@rfggibson well said. And you can see some people don't feel it's "woke" enough for them as they want white people excluded. I first saw a Haka at a beautiful wedding, the bride was Polynesian and the groom was white, and the wedding party of both cultures got together to do the Haka. It was so beautiful that the bride started crying to see her new European and Polynesian family doing a Haka as one.
Fuck diversity do the haka if you want to
IT'S KINDA WEIRD HOW I DIDN'T UNDERSTOOD A SINGLE WORD, BUT I TOTALLY GOT WHAT THEY WERE SAYING (¿DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?)
I understand. And i'm fucking terrified.
Spirituality is a language all will understand when looked Into.
@Brad king I don't understand a word that's being said. I just think that it's one of the most amazing things I've ever seen. It's the only reason I watch rugby. I love it when the All Blacks are playing and do the Haka before the match.
It totally makes sense to me, I hear it too!
A mourning for a person they have respected a lot. The emotion dont need language, even without understanding it we feel that vibe they are trying to share
This is so encouraging ! Humanity uniting in respect, full strength, truth and honesty. Thank you all beautiful hearts and souls ! Grace.
Seeing for the first time today. May he know the light of the universe for ever more. I have never watched Rugby; being American; But I will try now. If this man can inspire such love and admiration then it must be true of the sport. I hope to be good enough, at the end of my life, to be able to meet him when it is done.
We have acted differently to situations that arise in our lives, but when you see hundreds of young men and women coming together, surpassing all hurdles and grief, to pay homenaje to a beloved teacher/school master ... you know the gentleman was an incredible human being, and his legacy will live on through all the students he taught, and the ones he inspired...
This is absolutely beautiful and I'm glad I had a chance to witness it even from a far.
Thank you!
It’s a boy school so mostly guys.
OMG! I turkish origin! But this impressed me soooo much that I cried so much! I usually dont cry for such things. But this touched my heart guys! Well done!
Shows how much RESPECT he had from students and former students.
Unlike these days no respect for anyone
Beautiful...much respect to you all. What a send-off. May his dear soul rest in eternal peace....from Buddy Govender in South Africa
This makes me want to be part of it all... Truly I feel like you could not forget the feeling it gives oneself and all those around you doing it together , a deep respect for one and another....
I love how proud and powerful these young lads are all cultures absolutely beautiful 👍👍👍
From Chicago Illinois, USA, sorry for your loss.
Respect from the UK. LEGENDS
I loved it! The unity and respect! I love HAKA and what it stands for. I fell in love with New Zealand and its people when I was there in 2006 working on "10000BC". Much LOVE from Armenia!
That was a incredible work you guys did..1000bc😍
one nation,one blood...a good exsample of respect ...greetz J.
Absolutely beautiful. I have tears and chill bumps. Amazing. You're ancestors would ne so proud. Just speechless.
A farewell fit for a King
very beautiful. Maori and white people makes the same think and have the similar tradition this is great for me Moroccan citizen.
OMG it's a delight to know that a Morrocan brother live in NZ literally the other side of the world 🕊 greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦🕊
Im Mongolian but its looks so tough to realize to face these group with their powerful energy
Watching this from the US. Stunning
Incredibly moving. Thankyou.
That was just absolutely beautiful by some very respectful young men to send off obviously such a well deserved man, very moving
What an honor..hearing it gives me goosebumps
It shakes my heart everytime i watch a Haka, great respect for them. Their unity and the love they show its on a diffrent level. Amazing 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
A Wonderful show of compassion and respect...well done!!
This sent chills up my spine in the best way, and I have goosebumps. If I had to choose a way to be remembered, this would be it. And I'd hope that I would have done enough in my life, and was loved enough, to have the honor of being remembered this way. Well done, boys. ♥
Yes .. indeed, Krissy D.
Brings shivers down my spine...
This is amazing, to have this affect as a leader, educator, role model. May others that arrive in this man's wake do good by the students and young men they guide into this world..
saying a video gave you shivers is so commonplace nowadays- just another throwaway comment usually-, however this beautifully raw and emotional display literally gave me full body shivers. wow. there is nothing else like this- the utmost display of love, respect, adoration. powerful far beyond words.
Fabulous, the respect, and and people not being ashamed of there traditions.
I love it x
I LOVE THESE....A WONDERFUL CULTURE
I know nothing about what they are doing but every time I see them do it it puts me on a different emotional level. Good on you guys and condolences on losing a fine man.
I could watch this a hundred times for every Haka I see because so much personality and emotion comes through in each individual person as they partake
I was lucky enough to be apart of this. The feeling of letting it all out is truly one of a kind.
@@BreakKaydenBreak thanks for reaching out on my comment. I can only imagine
Povo lindo ...respeitoso ...amo muito esse Paiz ..love love love
Bacana demais ! xD
And .........I'm crying 😢😢 what a beautiful tribute to an amazing man just awesome boys be proud of what you do there's no shame in this it is amazing 😍😍😍
He was indeed.Not my High School either but he set high standards in Education and Sport.
Many of New Zealands finest business leaders and Sportsmen came from that School.
Wow..lost for words..haka dance farewell for sir graham...I am on the other side of the world...and I felt it...beblessedalways
I was lucky enough to be apart of this. The feeling of letting it all out is truly one of a kind.
The Ultimate tribute and respect
You New Zealander are beautiful people with love and respect! Rest of the world should live by your example accept one another as one!
That moved me to tears A wonderful tribute to a obvious great man. I salute you.
I can't put into words how much I love this. what an honor to witness this!!!
Awesome respect right there awesome
The pure power, passion, and emotion that you feel when you watch a Haka let's you know what it means to the culture and it's people. I cry every time I hear one
Now that's how you teach, learn and respect your culture. I'm sorry for your loss but you all learned your lessons well,go forth and continue to spread what you've learned from 🇨🇦 much love and respect. That was a beautiful tribute.
How proud the deceised can be of these brave-hearted students , and they did a very impressing service.
What an incredible way to be honored and protected by your brothers... in life and in death 🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
What a show of respect. What an honor.
My condolences to the family of John Graham. This was a beautiful way to honor his memory.
The pride and passion that Kiwi's have is truly inspiring.
Respect to you all .
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO LIVE IN WONDERFUL NZ FOR A YEAR----HONORED TO MARCH WITH THE ANZACS-----AND LEARNED TO DO THE HAKA
I get chills by watching this
I had the privilege of visiting New Zealand, during the 2011 World Cup, and was treated with total respect - THANK YOU 👍RD SCOTLAND
I am an Australian and it will never leave me the Respect I have for New Zealand.
the hymn of the world...
What an amazing tribute! Much respect from Amsterdam!
That is simply BEAUTIFUL
I, as an european dumb, have never seen a haka and am impressed. Hope my bad english didn't transport any unintended meaning. Thank you!
I don't know who is John Graham but i know he's well a respected person.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham_(rugby_union)
@@raymondjurie9047 Thanks for the reference...a life well lived.
He was the old Head Master at the secondary school Auckland Grammar, he was a very well respected man.
Respect that reciprocates! I see these posts have millions of views and likes. It’s up to us to plant the seeds! Great stuff 🙏🏻
How completely marvelous
#Respect .. to the Tradition !!!
Let men be men!!!
NoOne NoOneAtAll do you see how not one of them is half assing it? Not one of them fees self conscious about it, the male energy has a time and place and this is definitely one of them, it’s a beautiful thing
This is sparta! What a lovely send off. That being said, I wouldn't have wanted to meet this rival school for a bust up in the bus station 💪🏻
Absolutely wonderful 🌺🌺🌺
THAT'S respect. Wish my funeral would be like that
I would be so honored if someone had done that for me.
Imagine being so loved, people respect you in such a way when you die
Wow no words its so beautiful
Que emocionante linda homenagem...me fez chorar da força e energia que foi transmitida
Much respect!Take care of your traditions and don't let others tell you what to do.
These kids are so blessed to have this experience. Sir John Graham must have been a great man
It speaks volumes of the impact DJ, that over 20 years after he left Grammar, that boys in these numbers would honour him. RIP DJ
1981 The man who once caned an entire class!
yes he was my English teacher....lot of respect for him..
No doubt one of the reasons you respected him
@@DaBooster Yes indeed, big loss to AG.
If that is indeed true I hope and pray wherever he goes in the after life there is someone waiting there to repay him for it :)
@@robosborne7103 you miss the point Rob, he was maybe the teacher we respected the most, looking back we all had a real respect, thus the haka mate...
Respect.. one of life's greatest gestures.
Simply beautiful
One of the best hakas on CZcams for sure.