i love it how us New Zealanders perform like that whenever a famous person comes over here and the first thing that they see is how welcoming we are and OH MY GOD I LOVED HOW THEY SUNG HER SONG IN TE REO it was so heartwarming
It's also not just the two people greeting, but also your ancestors greeting each other too since there's the belief (from what I've been told) your ancestors stand on your shoulders
Ashley Conner just like Hawaiians and their Hā. Both people hold each other’s neck, as each part of your spine is your ancestor holding you up, and you connect your ancestors with theirs; becoming one
I guess there’s probably different milestones in a singers career where they’re like ‘shit I’ve made it’ - obviously getting a number 1 or selling a tour out etc. But when you go somewhere really far from home, and see how your success has permeated different countries and cultures - it must be hard not to proud of how far your success has reached. Especially for a 17 year old to go half way around the world and be so graciously welcomed with her own song. My heart. 🥰
I used to work at the airport in Auckland and would witness this first hand . Not always for stars but for family . It would send shivers up my spine and overcome me - I’d have to turn away from the customers I’d be serving and wipe the tears. The power of listening and being present is like nothing else . Proud of New Zealand 🇳🇿
Super proud of Aotearoa (NZ) kapahaka group such beautiful voices music speaks all languages I can tell Billie was blown away hope you enjoy the next few days in NZ and hopefully someone hooks her up kaimoana n hangi welcome to Aotearoa Billie 😀
Teresa Tovio yo bro I wish I dont have tickets and I’m poor to sooo bit do you know what I can do is still go but just stand outside of the arena and listen from there
Arriving back in New Zealand from overseas is always so good, it's the little things like when airport security and customs officers see your passport and quietly say "Welcome Home." Gets me everytime.
I have gained alot of respect for billie the way she handled and reacted to our powhiri. You will always be welcome here in Aotearoa. Nau mai haere mai
Nice that they did this beautiful thing to her instead of just paparazzi filming her and people shoving their phones to get a photo. I love you Billie, you deserve the best ♥
That shows what a well mannered nation can do for you as a welcome, the world needs to learn from this... FOR REAL! this gave me chills all the way down my spin, so powerful and respectful wow! NZ you are something else on this planet!
Glad Billie got to experience that, how special!!!! I cried when I saw her hug the group, such a sweet thing for a celebrity to do!!! Shes refreshing different. Hope she keeps that wonder in her and doesn't let the industry change her. I'm 61 and a fan, would so enjoy a conversation with her.
If it only happens to famous people, I doubt it's sincere. This kinda thing should only be done by people relevant to the welcomed person, not by a group of actors. It just means more when you know the people. Like when I visit my Marae with my family, we are welcomed onto the Marae with a traditional powhiri, usually done for important occasions like funerals and homecomings of hero's etc. This doesn't seem as sincere to me, just paid up and fame farming.
omg how the hell did these people plan this for her once she gets off a flight? so heartwarming ugh what a cutie swaying back and forth all sappy and shit i wanna die and hug her
This is SO so sweet, wish Australia (where I’m from) had preserved the Aboriginal culture and put together something like this for her...but, we killed most of them off and made them slaves, while the New Zealanders respected them. This was so beautiful. I would have cried.
We’ve come a long way in New Zealand. Respect to the fellow kiwis for the change. We are shit in alot but Māori are resilient and proud. They almost succeeded in killing off the culture but we rose up to the challenge and are trying ever so hard to preserve our language and culture in a ever so fast changing world of NZ. Where Māori are placed in the same category as those who flew here on a plane. We don’t have the struggles of the Aboriginies, thank the heavens. But we do have other struggles x
@@x.Rhymiie.x Yep .. I think aboriginals are a much more passive culture in general and colonization took advantage of that whereas Maori were warriors and continue to fight til this day. I also think we are a lot more vocal about our struggles.
I live in australia and I see aboriginals do song dance all the time. So I dont know what you mean by killed them off. It may not be the same as it was 200 years ago but it's not gone.
We're not dead and this isn't reparations. Indigenous in America over here and just so y'all know this is %.01 of anything. Glad Billie was touched, now do the homework. Colonization is ending the whole entire fucking world, for real. FML and your kids too, i'm voting for Bernie March 3rd as a motherfcking moon shot
Her reaction just made me a fan of hers, she seems so down to earth and you could see how in awe she was when they sung one of her songs in Maori..... Ka mau te wehi mo tenei Roopu Kapahaka
I'm not maori nor kiwi, and not a fan of Billie, however I can feel the emotion that created that special connection moment. I have heard several maori chants and they are amazingly warm, I visited Tahiti (French Polynesia) for the Heiva that happen to be a competition, there is a part of the competition in which the several locations of the island sing a "chant" and many of them are extremely beautiful and touchy! The energy maoris put in is real and authentic, they kinda owned the spirit of the melody to make an special welcome, I think that's why it touched Billie deep, it would be nice to receive that kind of reception.
This more than proves music is the Universal language. I must of watched this 30 times now & it does not get old. We had music long before any spoken language - the oldest & most beautiful art form that has never gone out of fashion & never will.
@@jacobmasterz8278 don't know where you get your 7 million from but it's still around 5 million and predicted to be around that number for the next few years.
This was a beautiful performance, literally in tears watching her in tears, her reaction when she realised they were singing her song in Maori literal CHILLS. Such a sweet soul. Enjoy New Zealand billie we love you!!!! Arohamai 💖🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻💜💜💜💜
Billie is not JUST a celebrity - or a "famous person." She is an artist and human of deep wisdom and compassion... She walks through the world humbly and radiates much aloha... [ Yes I am Hawai'ian ]. I believe this honorable welcome is ABSOLUTELY appropriate - and I hope we would welcome her to Hawai'i in similar fashion.
![[EXTENDED CUT] Welcome to Aotearoa NZ Lewis Capaldi (Pōwhiri + Waiata)](/img/n.gif)
i love it how us New Zealanders perform like that whenever a famous person comes over here and the first thing that they see is how welcoming we are and OH MY GOD I LOVED HOW THEY SUNG HER SONG IN TE REO it was so heartwarming
Zareniti Mikaera the Maori people have such a special place in my heart. That was just the best!
Our culture here in aotearoa us beautifull abd very speciall to me ❤
lia de Ridder i agree. our culture in aotearua is unique and has a very special place in my heart
It's only for rappers and pop musicians....
@@KlonoaPS01 not its not you know it all. Its used for ANY guest.
Wish I got a welcome like that every time I come home, it's always "what booze did you get me in duty free"
Lmaoo
Hard 😂😂😂
or the "did you buy me a pack of smokes gee?" lol or "let me have a look at your clothes gee lol"
😂😂😂 the accuracy 👌🏽
BAHAHAHAHAH OATHHHH
Billie goes to New Zealand: People doing a powhiri
Billie goes back to America:
600 Cameras the first thing she sees
Young Suga that’s why I’m proud of my country, New Zealand
Everyone always talks badly about America, give us a break.
Musical.chiild I live in New Zealand.
And I mean it’s not like our country doesn’t have its flaws...
If you live in New Zealand you know.
Her entourage are the ones with cameras here lol
Lol don't forget all the camera's littered all over the airport that could count as paparazzi🤣more than 600+right there!
In case anyone is wondering, the touching of the noses or “Hongi” is used to express the sentiment: as we share the same breathe, we become one.
Ashley Conner:
Beautiful
Ohh, I saw 2 actors do that at the oscars red carpet!
Excellence!
It's also not just the two people greeting, but also your ancestors greeting each other too since there's the belief (from what I've been told) your ancestors stand on your shoulders
Ashley Conner just like Hawaiians and their Hā. Both people hold each other’s neck, as each part of your spine is your ancestor holding you up, and you connect your ancestors with theirs; becoming one
I teared up a little whaaat her reaction omg 😭😭♥️♥️
Maevelyn Lontoc same 😭😭❤️❤️
Maevelyn Lontoc why? Lol her reaction at the end was fake af! Bitch was laughing throughout the whole performance!
IgaveLia HIV I think she was laughing because it brought her joy
I guess there’s probably different milestones in a singers career where they’re like ‘shit I’ve made it’ - obviously getting a number 1 or selling a tour out etc. But when you go somewhere really far from home, and see how your success has permeated different countries and cultures - it must be hard not to proud of how far your success has reached. Especially for a 17 year old to go half way around the world and be so graciously welcomed with her own song. My heart. 🥰
Samee
I need that Maori version of 'when the party's over'
Me too
Omg same
Quero também (I also need it)
That'll be the two week version
I need it too. Stunning.
Why did I cry watching this ? It was so sooooo sweettt !!
elvira vivas same 😭
elvira vivas i know right it’s so cute that they would do that💕
same this came on my adds and i just sobbed bec i never got to go to billie eilish bec it was Easter
Same here. Choked up every time I watch 😭
U must be gay
When the party's over, that's our queen's rhapsody. Touching.
That's Finneas's brilliant writing. ❤
@@LHH56156 Agreed x
King*
She likes to be called king not queen
@@billieq5483 Too bad, ancient culture doesn't recognise the idiocracy of the modern world. Its queen.
I used to work at the airport in Auckland and would witness this first hand . Not always for stars but for family . It would send shivers up my spine and overcome me - I’d have to turn away from the customers I’d be serving and wipe the tears. The power of listening and being present is like nothing else . Proud of New Zealand 🇳🇿
literally, that sounds like a dream. These videos always make me tear up I can't even imagine how powerful it would be in person
That was beautiful! You can tell she was touched. I sure as heck know I was touched just watching. Sending love xoxo
@Warned Storm yeah we do
@Warned Storm there are different types of haka. The war dance is one type, welcome haka is another.
Nah she racist
Super proud of Aotearoa (NZ) kapahaka group such
beautiful voices music speaks all languages I can tell Billie was blown away hope you enjoy the next few days in NZ and hopefully someone hooks her up kaimoana n hangi welcome to Aotearoa Billie 😀
Teresa Tovio is she in Auckland????????
@@ummmno8467 yes she is she's performing tonight at Auckland spark arena a must go bro wow amazing talent this 17yo 😀
Teresa Tovio yo bro I wish I dont have tickets and I’m poor to sooo bit do you know what I can do is still go but just stand outside of the arena and listen from there
YESS HANGI AND BOIL UP!! Not a big fan of seafood tho
@@ummmno8467 did you end up going out the arena for a nosey ?
Wow she looked so touched ♥️😊
Oh wow yea so touched bu this ay
She deserves all the recognition in the world ❤️
JazminPM I agree
JazminPM A lot of people do.
TJ Mat I agree. There’s a lot of talented people out there who don’t get the recognition they deserve but I’m happy that she is getting hers.
JazminPM she’s a industry plant but we all seem to like her
Why?
I love how the when she goes into the airport she isn’t swarmed by paparazzi as a welcoming but is serenaded beautifully by them singing her song
There really isnt paparazzi here in New Zealand.
@@cmt89497 thank god for that aye tbh
Our "papz" are reporters and they only hound the government officials lol
I love how she is a racist
@@raydenwins1071 she isn't a racist tf
I'm jealous of Billie for seeing that in person. New Zealanders at their finest! Traditional dances from NZ I live for.
Mataaria Tautali i wanna but i cant ❤️ from marshall islands🇲🇭
It's actually Maori not new Zealand because the Maori ruled over new Zealand before the British came :)
Arriving back in New Zealand from overseas is always so good, it's the little things like when airport security and customs officers see your passport and quietly say "Welcome Home." Gets me everytime.
Happened to me last time I went home....love our people
So true, every time I've been to USA get 100 questions, my last trip to NZ the customs agent said welcome home cuz.
I got deported back to NZ from aus,and they said "welcome home bro"👍😂
Man I got home a couple months ago having been in lockdown in Melbourne all year and I nearly cried when the customs officer said “welcome home”
@American Born nah Bruh some are just assholes lol I met some really nice Customs in San Francisco and Miami.
This is the purest thing I’ve ever seen :’)
Alex H shut tf up u racist fuck don’t disrespect my culture like that again you prick.
@Alex H there's no room for haters if you don't like it simply don't comment. Thank you but your whakaaro isn't needed😁 thanks again
I have gained alot of respect for billie the way she handled and reacted to our powhiri. You will always be welcome here in Aotearoa. Nau mai haere mai
Me too. I don't know anything about her but she seems like a lovely young lady. Welcome to NZ.
Nice that they did this beautiful thing to her instead of just paparazzi filming her and people shoving their phones to get a photo.
I love you Billie, you deserve the best ♥
I am 9 months pregnant, ungodly levels of emotional, and I'm bloody crying. Beautiful!
That shows what a well mannered nation can do for you as a welcome, the world needs to learn from this... FOR REAL! this gave me chills all the way down my spin, so powerful and respectful wow! NZ you are something else on this planet!
NZ is such a magical place. Had a similar experience at that airport with a touring music group in college. I’d go back in a heartbeat!
Always welcome :)
We will always welcome people with all our hearts💜💜💜
Lol just stfu
Billie is so down to earth and accepting . So awesome to see she loved the welcoming. Such a young talented person.
I swear to god, while being the fiercest warriors, Kiwis are the best people i've ever had the pleasure of meeting.
Aww thank you 😊
Thanks a bunch ☺️
@American Born that's right 🦅
@@wiseminkx nah maoris
Lol, have you ever been to newzealand?
Glad Billie got to experience that, how special!!!! I cried when I saw her hug the group, such a sweet thing for a celebrity to do!!! Shes refreshing different. Hope she keeps that wonder in her and doesn't let the industry change her. I'm 61 and a fan, would so enjoy a conversation with her.
Her face when they started singing when the partys over🥺
My heart melts everytime🥺💚
This is how u treat a KING 👑😍
foundyouravocados #Billie queen.
@@blankblank9271 She prefers to be called a king. Fyi.
@@kristienaddatu5570 exactly😁
@Karen SOPI no she likes to be called a queen😁
You mean king she likes being called a king😁
What a beautiful way to welcome someone to your country. She’s so lucky to see that.
This gave me goosebumps 😍😍 Makes me proud to be from this beautiful country of ours 🇳🇿
Nobody can welcome famous people like we do I’m so proud of our country New Zealand is such a blessing what a lovely Waiata
I love new zealanders. i love everything about your culture and it is my goal in life to live there permanently someday.
Thank you Aroha ❤ NZ
This is incredible. They're all icons (including Billie). THIS IS ICONIC!!
I've never heard anything like that before, almost made me cry
This 64 year old only recently discovered Billie after watching her win all her Grammies -- she seems like a sweet kid.
Truly authentic and [mostly] unfiltered. So is her brother, Finneas.
She really does
What strikes me in all the videos like this and interviews is how genuine Billie is. I hope she never loses that.
Love her
I am crying 😭😭😭
The singing was so good
This video made me so happy😭🤧she's so precious
Wow! That's how to say welcome to NZ and so sincere.
If it only happens to famous people, I doubt it's sincere.
This kinda thing should only be done by people relevant to the welcomed person, not by a group of actors.
It just means more when you know the people.
Like when I visit my Marae with my family, we are welcomed onto the Marae with a traditional powhiri, usually done for important occasions like funerals and homecomings of hero's etc.
This doesn't seem as sincere to me, just paid up and fame farming.
100% Proud to be a New Zealander 🇳🇿❤️💫✨🌿
0:48 harmonies are angelic 🔥💙
I keep rewatching! They did a great job singing her melody ataahua! And love billie woop woop!
1:10 Billie is crying ❤❤❤❤ and YOU ARE CRYING NOT ME
No she's not???
Oh i love this so much. Her music comes across as emotional no matter the language, so nice to see and hear this.
That was the most touching thing I have ever seen. Loved that!
This is why I called New Zealand my home ❤️
Beautiful. America watch and learn. This is how you treat a foreigner and visitor to your country.
Yea cause all fourigners are welcomed this way 🙄🙄
@@oldsurby nah bro, with respect... but that goes both ways...
I would love a full version of this! It’s so beautiful 💖
How is this not trending 🤷🏽♀️
Damn, I just cried! That was so bloomin beautiful of us. Billie is such a talented, gentle soul; what a beautiful, encompassing greeting xx
omg how the hell did these people plan this for her once she gets off a flight? so heartwarming ugh what a cutie swaying back and forth all sappy and shit i wanna die and hug her
They do this to every famous people that goes to nz.
Better than paparazzis right?😂😂
So you want to die and hug her in that order?
It's an Aotearoa thing, you wouldn't get it
Fangirling so hard rn. Really awesome how Billie reacted. Literally so proud of our culture and heritage.
This is SO so sweet, wish Australia (where I’m from) had preserved the Aboriginal culture and put together something like this for her...but, we killed most of them off and made them slaves, while the New Zealanders respected them. This was so beautiful. I would have cried.
We’ve come a long way in New Zealand. Respect to the fellow kiwis for the change. We are shit in alot but Māori are resilient and proud. They almost succeeded in killing off the culture but we rose up to the challenge and are trying ever so hard to preserve our language and culture in a ever so fast changing world of NZ. Where Māori are placed in the same category as those who flew here on a plane. We don’t have the struggles of the Aboriginies, thank
the heavens. But we do have other struggles x
@@x.Rhymiie.x Yep .. I think aboriginals are a much more passive culture in general and colonization took advantage of that whereas Maori were warriors and continue to fight til this day. I also think we are a lot more vocal about our struggles.
I live in australia and I see aboriginals do song dance all the time. So I dont know what you mean by killed them off. It may not be the same as it was 200 years ago but it's not gone.
We're not dead and this isn't reparations. Indigenous in America over here and just so y'all know this is %.01 of anything. Glad Billie was touched, now do the homework. Colonization is ending the whole entire fucking world, for real. FML and your kids too, i'm voting for Bernie March 3rd as a motherfcking moon shot
Still full blooded Aboriginals around, no more full blooded Maoris.
Love the way she reacted and also the art ,
Love u billie
why can't I stop watching this....😭😭❤
Help me i have an addiction too,replay,cry,reply,cry,replay,cry.
Her reaction just made me a fan of hers, she seems so down to earth and you could see how in awe she was when they sung one of her songs in Maori..... Ka mau te wehi mo tenei Roopu Kapahaka
That was sweet. It made my heart melt on how much Billie liked it
I've really been getting into Billie lately and I cannot stop.😍
Her reaction was so precious I wanted to cry and I love New Zealand so much
I'm not maori nor kiwi, and not a fan of Billie,
however I can feel the emotion that created that special connection moment.
I have heard several maori chants and they are amazingly warm, I visited Tahiti (French Polynesia) for the Heiva that happen to be a competition, there is a part of the competition in which the several locations of the island sing a "chant" and many of them are extremely beautiful and touchy!
The energy maoris put in is real and authentic, they kinda owned the spirit of the melody to make an special welcome, I think that's why it touched Billie deep, it would be nice to receive that kind of reception.
Yes. I cry. So moving
Her reaction and those beautiful voices I can always watch and listen over and over. I think I got dust in my eyes and it's making them watery.
This makes me so happy 😊😊😭😭 I also need a full Maori version of when the party’s over
Imagine receiving such a warm welcome after a tiring flight, she must have felt so happy. This is so wholesome🥺💞💞
I love how the NZ brothers and sisters welcome international starts to NZ, as I aboriginal man of aus I wish we had something similar here
how everyone standing around is on their phones filming and billie is just in the moment appreciating the waiata :') *crying*
I cried listening to their version of when the party’s over. I don’t know why, but it just did.
I love their culture so much I respect them as I’m a aboriginal Torres Strait ❣️
Love and respect back to the beautiful aboriginals of Torres Straight.
Now THAT'S a welcome, wow. Lovely gesture to welcome such a great and young talent on a tour :)
This more than proves music is the Universal language. I must of watched this 30 times now & it does not get old. We had music long before any spoken language - the oldest & most beautiful art form that has never gone out of fashion & never will.
No matter which kiwi group performs, They’re performances are ALWAYS amazing!!
Seeing a haka is always amazing I would love to see one in person in the future
OMG THIS WAS AMAZING!!!!! I need Billie to feature them in her next song she better drop some tribal tracks
I wish there was a full version I could download to listen to when I wanted because this was so beautiful.
This is beautiful!! I love how they touched noses as a greeting so sweet!!!
she’s absolutely the sweetest
OML THIS IS MY 3RD YEAR IN AUSTRALIA AND I MISS NEW ZEALAND SO MUCH 😭
Australia sucks everyone in nz knows that your welcome fly over anytime you want
@@jacobmasterz8278 yet half of NZ lives here lol myself included
Only half but nz population this year 7million so more people in nz then Aussie
Ahah try 21 years
@@jacobmasterz8278 don't know where you get your 7 million from but it's still around 5 million and predicted to be around that number for the next few years.
i come back and watch this all the time. absolutely fucking beautiful
shes an inspiration
I feel so proud to be from Aotearoa (nz) when i see such heart warming things like this! I hope Billie enjoyed her stay, all be it brief. 💗🤙
MY TWO FAVOURITE THINGS (my culture and music) ❤️😭
1:11 such an angel 😩❤ I can't
this is absolutely amazing
LOVE this. Teared up n everything ❤️
I love her
That is SO touching! Billie Eilish is so special and so is New Zealand. ❤️🌹💞💖
Aww man still gets me
This is so good welcoming new people or people who are coming back to nz
hope you guys get blessed for all of this hard work
Wow that was so sweet and touching
when Billie’s crying, I can’t stop crying 😭❤️
awwwwwwww this was so beautiful you could tell she was genuinely choked up
This makes me so happy that one of my favourite artists has come to my home.
That had me in tears!! 😭#WESTANBILLIEEILISH
I love new Zealand so much
So special!! ❣
This was a beautiful performance, literally in tears watching her in tears, her reaction when she realised they were singing her song in Maori literal CHILLS. Such a sweet soul. Enjoy New Zealand billie we love you!!!! Arohamai 💖🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻💜💜💜💜
I wish I was at her concert I absolutely love Billie!
Awww beautiful team ka pai I love how u used her song in Maori
I LOVE YOU BILLIE LOVE FROM NZ
Billie is not JUST a celebrity - or a "famous person." She is an artist and human of deep wisdom and compassion...
She walks through the world humbly and radiates much aloha... [ Yes I am Hawai'ian ].
I believe this honorable welcome is ABSOLUTELY appropriate - and I hope we would welcome her to Hawai'i in similar fashion.
Such a beautiful country with a beautiful spirit. I actually teared a little bit when I heard that rendition of 'When the Party is over'.
See.This is when you know you're doiing shit right like being respected and welcomed like that at such a young age.Damn.I cried.
This makes me hella proud to live in New Zealand :)