Respect.

Hi All,
Just one word EPIC!

Geoff.

Very much so. The Kiwis have taken the Maori customs to their heart, they’re not just going through the motions. In the UK, our response to the returning fallen has been very muted in comparison. That’s our way, – but people losing their lives in the interests of the rest of us is such a big deal, yet it often never even makes the news over the latest scuttlebutt drivel about some total non-entities or political bru-haha.
I’m definitely with the Kiwis on this one.

I agree Al, just as moving now as when I first saw it in August or September 2012. It’s a hell of a long way for those three soldiers to go to die as a result of something as impersonal and indiscriminate as an IED. I think it does us good to remember that it is as a result of the service and sacrifice of people like those three New Zealanders that the vast majority of us can sit in safety and comfort.

Regards,

kev35

I don’t know about you guys, but I found that heartfelt, emotional farewell very, very moving.

What would our equivalent be – Morris dancing?;)

Kev,standing to one side with the public and applauding is slightly different from doing the Haka :).Don’t forget there were minorities protesting at the return of the fallen in this country.

Did someone say “Blithering anorak’…?

What utter rubbish!

The British Police not only mark repatriations, they provide the escort too. Have you forgotten Wootton Bassett or the new place near Brize? It’s exactly the same sentiments as shown by the NZDF but in a very different yet no less striking way. We see the funerals carried out in cities, towns and villages throughout the UK. The overwhelming sentiment seems to be one of support. We surely have enough problems in this Country without trying to make things seem worse than they are.

Regards,

kev35

Knowing our lot over here it would be seen as un P/C ,upset the others in this country

Very touching…

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10829992

In the UK our barmy Police would probably have arrested them.

Somewhere in this country a group would be now firing up the complaints machine claiming some disrespect to them, that shows a real tribute to mates/comrades.