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Rachel Tate
Our world is divided Like never before The need to be right Turned this plight into war Traditional weapons we sideline in favour Of words as an art form To one-up we savour Our friends are as foes Our whanau oppose This self righteous need For agreement just grows We ration out kindness Once shown to mankind To only the worthy; Those of the same mind How quickly forgotten Our nation’s great cry That Peace and not war We’ll embrace: what a lie Extending an olive branch, hard it may be, might just be our ticket To true unity Lay down your opinion Free yourself from dominion Stop allowing yourself To be pawned like a minion Be armed once again With humility’s kindness Kotahitanga and aroha Yet bind us Lay down our political Left stance or right As we jump on this waka And row without fight Of our brothers and sisters Whilst holding heads high As the world’s gaze is on us Let’s prove to them kiwis can fly
