Alex Aiono gets a warm welcome at Auckland airport 

Watching the older lady in this, it’s clear how proud she is to see her culture’s traditions being carried on by the younger generations

Not my culture. But please for love of God don't let this get old. Don't stop greeting love ones home this way. I love this, so beautiful 🌷🌷

The fact that you can see their ancestors power rising up in them when they do this... makes me cry. I love the culture

The lady who kicked off her shoes (her glorious voice), and grandma’s approval from the wings. The strength of the men. It brought tears to my eyes.

If my family doesn't pick me up at the airport everytime like this I don't want to go.

There culture is everything. They're so loving. They definitely aren't ashamed of who they are

When that guy gave him that rod “Really?” The look of gratitude, respect, and love in his face for his family just melted my heart.

This is impressive. I don’t know why, but I have tear in my eyes. I’m impressed. They show their dignity and pride in what they are. It’s powerful.

Sister in the corner felt the spirit. She has to come out of her shoes. Sooooooo beautiful

Someone said “this is cute” baby this is more than cute this is powerful

Over the past four-ish years, I sometimes come back to watch this and it doesn’t hesitate to make me cry.

Every time I see one of these I start to get emotional, I feel sadness, pride and happiness all at the same time. Why, if I don’t even know what’s being said and it’s not even my culture. All I know is I’d love to be part of one one day. #BucketList

Bruh i never realised alex was pacific islander, despite being far from his home, he never forgotten who he was and where he was raised, very culture bonded. Respect from a island raised boy

I love how they don’t care where they are. They take their tradition everywhere. & gran looked so proud. Love to see it❤️

this isn't even my heritage and I get goosebumps and tears watching these.... i love it!!!!!

I want to be welcomed back home like this. Talk about family love, respect, and devotion. I also loved the random woman who was so moved that she joined in with full force partway through the haka.

The old lady on the side watching, so proud of her sons and grandchildren.

the thing that's the best to me is the random lady passenger who joins in on the haka welcoming him.

OMG! This made me unreal emotional, especially when the woman started chanting. Fully grown man crying over something he doesn't understand, but feels a sense of love and unity.

Para aquellos que no entienden,son danzas tradicionales de la cultura Maorí,sus danzas pueden significar muchas cosas dependiendo del contexto,en este caso es una danza de bienvenida,pero tmbn danzaban en las guerras para intimidar a sus oponentes,o incluso danzan en funerales,fiestas y tmbn en bodas para celebrar la unión de su gente,a la danza la llaman Haka y es simplemente espectacular como pueden transmitir tanto con estas costumbre,son una maravilla de Gente y Cultura

I can imagine a Karen calling the cops for them being “too loud”

1st Stage: Guys doing the Haka as a greeting: Very cool. 2nd Stage seeing their friend's reaction: Awesome!! 3rd Stage: some random woman in the back takes off her shoes and joins the dance with full force: I LOSE MY SHIT! 💚

This is my first time watching this type of dance. Why did I get so emotional 😭?

Anos se passaram e ainda continuo completamente fascinada por essa cultura

Only in New Zealand can you walk into an airport with a spear. Love it

0:38 Look at her, she looks like she's got tears welling in her eyes from how proud she is.

This. This is how you welcome someone. I feel the emotion man.

Siempre que lo veo lloro. Que pasión, orgullo y amor por su cultura! 20/10

I've been to NZ a couple times. The Haka is a regular airport occurrance. Saying goodbye to relatives going abroad to school or coming back from a job. Feels super cozy and a privilege to witness.

me and my cat just watched this and he just turned into a lion. This is super dope!

i get goosebumps and cry every time i watch people do the haka. so much spirit and passion and love. 🥺❤️

This brought me to tears, seeing and hearing them all celebrate their culture, honoring it and eachother. It was very beautiful❤️

I think what gets me with the Haka is that the women are just as passionate about their culture. And I love it. I think it is 100% amazing.

The fact the other person joined in shows how rich their culture is ❤️❤️❤️❤️

So emotional, so big spirital conection with family love you all. Croatia loves you

This touches my heart despite not knowing what is being said. This is truly beautiful. A tradition I hope never dies. 💜

Not going to lie I just cried the entire time. This is completely beautiful. I personally don't know the cultural or what is taking place but I can see the heritage love and strength. Thank you for sharing this with me.

So jealous of this culture. So much raw power and emotion. Guy's shirt at 2:20 says it all.

Everytime I see one of these I get goosebumps and it feels my heart with joy 😍🤩❤️

I get so emotional watching, even though I am completely oblivious to the meaning or what they are saying. The passion they exude gets me every time. I absolutely love this.

1:25 the girl onna side is giving me chills, her voice is powerful

The girl performing the HAKA along with the men was truly amazing. The emotional and powerful war cry just resonates with the people all around you. I wished I was a New Zealander and a local, I would gladly join the HAKA as well to give respect to the person along with his family.

It’s is sooo crazy how every time I see this dance I cry. It’s like I remember it from long long ago.

Everytime i watch these videos I get so emotional. Straight water head😪😪😪😪😪😪😪

If my family picked me up from the airport doing anything like this in arabic, were dead.

Imagine just coming home for the holidays and your entire family just starts chanting, screaming, and stomping to greet you. What a way to be welcomed home!! Honestly sounds awesome.

This is amazing, and I swear when the lady joined in I was in tears..

What a wonderful culture

I love that the lady could not help herself

when the camera turned and i saw that he was also doing it with them, i immediately starting crying. i love this so much

I’m not even Maori but this dance brings me tears, what a powerful culture.

This is the most beautiful display of culture, love, tradition and family honor i have ever witnessed ❤

I don’t know why I’m so emotional. This is what you call power immense energy. Being Greek we have many dances but this right here tops everything! I’m going to learn this one day!!!

I really wished i had this in my culture. This is so beautiful.

This brings tears to my eyes I love to see it I think I cry a little harder because I don’t have a culture it was erased it must be nice to have this type of love & support amongst one another.

very heartwarming. i could almost cry for such display of love, and cultural honors.more power to all.

explicit evidence of how much stronger non-verbal communication is than verbal communication. I'm from Serbia and I didn't understand a word but cried. so powerful and beautiful, the incredible joy of living

I'm moving to New Zealand. That shit is badass. I love it.

I watched this about 6 times today. I am in awe of this cultural ritual. So much respect for other customs and traditions especially when handed down through generations. Beautiful!! ❤️👏🏿🙏🏿

This is so powerful, so beautiful. I’m not sure exactly why this touches my heart the way it does but I’m grateful. Tears are cleansing, and I cry every time! Thank you for sharing your beautiful culture! ❤

This is so powerful. Did anyone notice at 2:24 how after the Haka the man who was leading the Haka gives Alex the staff( sorry I’m not sure what it’s called) a sign of respect, and Alex looks up and says “forreal?” in disbelief and he says yeah. Such a beautiful moment! Being welcomed home by your family. Knowing your community is proud of you. There’s no better feeling.

New Zealand will always be a great nation for the respect they have for their culture, they preserve it, they foster it in their citizens and they practice it regardless of being native, black or white.

Tradition, respect, humanity, love - amazed by it 👏

I don’t know why I feel so emotional watching this. Do I know what is going on? No. But can I see the beauty, the culture, the pride and the bond? Yes. And that is something I can relate to

If you are Samoan Tongan Maori or of any Pacific culture you need to be proud, our fathers before us were proud strong warriors that travelled sea among sea with the stars as their map, I'm half Samoan and Tongan and was born in New Zealand as well so I am part NZ you can say, the blood of warriors thrive in our blood and veins brothers and sisters don't be ashamed of who we are.

Absolutely love watching hakas. There's just so much emotion there and you can feel the energy. Wish I could see one in person one day!!!!

I'm so happy I was born and raised in Aotearoa NZ, even though I'm of Samoan descent, Aotearoa NZ, allowed all cultures to practice their cultures publicly and our cousins the Mana whenua (indigenous Maori) showed us how to practice our own cultures, in today's society with pride. Haka Tautoko like this was seen almost every week growing up and remember I'm NZ born Samoan. We would see this happen at polyfest (annual polynesian cultural festival, held all around NZ), tangi (funerals), graduations, birthdays, and as you see here at welcomes and farewells. I also have Maori inlaws and many Maori cousins in my 'Aiga (family) so we attended their events too at the Marae. Praise love and thanks to Maori and their inclusivity of culture and being proud of who you are!

This is so incredible!! I loved watching how much love and power was put into the dance. ❤

Man this brotherhood brings tears to my eyes. The entire world can learn a lot from you and your people. May God bless you.

ALEX DOING HAKA JUST MADE HIMSELF TEN TIMES HOTTER!!!!!!

I have no idea what’s going on but this drove me to tears . The passion and focus radiating here is so beautiful. Amen to the Cultures around our shared world - and the continuation of passing these traditions along 💗

Love this haka. I love all the traditions from the Pacific, Africa and Asia. Amazing cultures and traditions. Alex Aiono got one of the best greetings from his family. :)

The Maori culture is seriously the coolest and most badass on this earth. So powerful

I really love this culture, how they respect themselves. Especially once they are done with it. They just place their heads against each other. It’s so cute and adorable but lovable as well.

Pure God level energy........ respect to ur culture

When your ancestors manifest like that, you must answer. It literally makes me cry every single time, every video, but the lady joining the dance randomly was beyond for me, my heart is beating SO FAST.

Nice. The boy was also performing haka. He cherishes his maori identity.

I love how everyone in the airport just stopped what they were doing to watch this homecoming

Wherever you're , just adore your culture.. that's were you belong.. no matter what..😘😘😘😘😘😘

This actually made me cry seeing the passion, love and emotion. It’s a priceless feeling in life, it really is. BEAUTIFUL 🙏🏻🧿❤️

I've heard this variation of haka so many times that I can now identify when it's being said even though I don't speak the language. These always make me cry. I love the power of words.

I love seeing younger generations standing with the older generation. These people are strong because they can't be broken apart.

When the second girl in the black joins…man, I felt that!! It’s amazing! I get a little choked up every time I watch this video…So dope! 🥹

My favorite is the person by the wall. They are chill at first then can’t help the moment and takes their sandals off to join. And then sneaks away out of the camera at the end like they weren’t one of the loudest. That’s some real stuff. Literally takes over.

Emocionante

jeez, imagine having to fight with them back in the day! people probably chose the sharks!

Traditions cannot be forgotten. Always need to be carried to next generations.

Goosebumps hits me so hard when the red pant guy himself start to do it!

I love this!! I'm Pacific Islander myself, and I'm so humbled to see that culture doesn't fade away with fame. Don't forget your roots!!

Wow he is maori 0:43 oh yep.... He definitely is 😂

When I get older im defo going to new Zealand to learn that. I love the energy and passion behind all this. It rlly hits me emotionally idk why😭

Gives me goosebumps overtime hear the Haka. Yes , I was a rugby player from South Africa. Never lose your heritage. Never lose your culture and tradition . Keep the spirit within. Alex , You have the best mates anyone could wish for.

And the best of this video is that.. When that other lady from out of nowhere joins them too for HAKA.. she was actually recording them.. So emotional when she joins the HAKA.. That made me believe how much HAKA is love for them..

I actually cry every time I see this video, there’s so much emotion and love here 😭😭😭

i have watched this so many times every time it gives me goosebumps

I've watched this at least 20 times thus far and I get CHILLS every single time. Powerful. Beautiful. Inspirational. I love it.

2:13 the girl with black hoodie just disappears

I thought Alex was just Hispanic. This is absolutely shocking and beautiful.

Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! That was epic! I love my adopted Whanau in Aotearoa! This was beautiful!

I'm so touched by every Haka I see. Amazing. I could watch and listen to this repeatedly. It gives me chills.