World In Union 2011 - Hayley Westenra (ITV 'Loose Women') 

Still sounds great in 2024... anyone listening / watching....x

Listen to South Africa 🇿🇦1995 World Rugby Cup , Ladysmith Black Mambazo and PJ Powers World in Union , you'll cry tears. The girl did great though.

She sings with such passion and feeling definitely voice of an angel

I'm not ashamed to admit that this song makes me tear up every time.

This lady has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard !!!!

Hayley has everything, passion for her country she is a incredibly lovely and has a voice like no other i live in australia whenever i hear her sing she brings tears to my eyes when she sings the NZ anthem I think its the best anthem in the world God Bless you Hayley

As a rugby man and a music fan this song is so powerful - brings me to tears every time.

It's just the way she sings it with so little effort. What a voice. She's real talent.

hayley does it proud , the world in union, a new anthem for a new world

She is a beautiful woman with a beautiful, beautiful voice that I could listen to all day long.

Lyrics : There's a dream, I feel So rare, so real All the world in union The world as one Gathering together One mind, one heart Every creed, every color Once joined, never apart Searching for the best in me I will find what I can be If I win, lose or draw There's a winner in us all It's the world in union The world as one As we climb to reach our destiny A new age has begun We face high mountains Must cross rough seas We must take our place in history And live with dignity Just to be the best I can Sets the goal for every man If I win, lose or draw It's a victory for all It's the world in union The world as one As we climb to reach our destiny A new age has begun It's the world in union The world as one As we climb to reach our destiny A new age has begun

She is what singing is all about. Truly mesmerizing.

As a South African and big Bok fan, I say well done! The hair on my arms are standing up!

One of the best songs I've ever heard. Beautiful voice, winner, no draws or defeats here.

Without a doubt the best version.

The word "stunning" cannot compete with this version. Crickey all mighty.

I have been following Hayley for about 9 years now,,,,,she is brilliant with such a pure voice. Love her :)

She has the best version my favourite world cup anthem of them all

Never has one woman captured the essence of a sporting event in one song. To me she will always be the voice of the rugby world cup!

Hayley sings this beautifully. Love playing it. And off course she's our lovely Kiwi.

As a former Kiwi living in Canada every time I hear this I choke up.Gives me motivation when I run.

Dear Hayley. You may not realise how much power you have got. May God save you and show you the way to enlightenment. This is in your power. I believe that you are incarnation of Patricia. Very big pleasure to listen to your enchanting voice❤

can't believe there are dislikes to this video, Hayley you are the best.

This song is perfect for the Rugby World Cup. I love it. Its powerful, inspirational and I get very emotional hearing it. When the Rugby World Cup arrives again in 2015 whoever sings it will do so with pride.

That's a Goddess singing right there...

This is a fabulous song, & Hayley nailed it. :)

I'm a rock and heavy metal fan, but this gets me right I'm my soul. A song with true meaning, let's hope for a world in union , beautifully sung.

Magnificent,proud old Maori boy watching from Brisbane ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you very much for great performance 💐

Great version of one of the all time great sporting anthems.

She sings to bring shivers throughout ones body.. Brilliant.. This years singer shall not be mentioned again..

she's so beautiful!

Beautiful voice

This song makes you forget about supporting one team but supporting the whole of the rugby world cup. such a good song :)

There is no effort for Hayley, she just sings and everything is there, amazing and gorgeous x

She does have a beautiful voice !

I feel stupid but I am really crying listening to this it is truly wonderful thanks so much...XXXXXX

Great inspirational song sung by such a talented person love listening to this song

Hayley was in England on a tv show singing this song

Absolutely stunning powerful voice...I love her singing it, so WOW!

Dear One, to suggest that any of us will be long remembered in history is really quite a climb....but, beautiful one, I know for certain that the magnificent ring of your most beautiful voice has most certainly found an eternal home in my heart. May I send to you my very highest regards and a wish that good fortune will always find it's way to your door...be well...love...

The best version, thanks Hayley it lives on in my heart.

I love it love it love it love it big kisses and hugs with all my heart.

She is just outstanding!! I have just listened to her version of God Defend New Zealand. Perfection darling! God bless.xx 4.2020.

I love this version of a great anthem . Both the song and performance give me goose bumps. I believe Hayley is lovely inside and out.

Agreeable and sweet performance! YOU ARE A STAR!

What a wonderful song it is !!!

You can tell she is passionate about this song. This is how this song should be song. Come on England. 🤙

Best sports-related song sung by the best singer of said song. Bravo

Simply stunning!!

Hayley needs to do this every Rugby world cup

I love her voice and the words of the song brings memory of the world cup....

Very very nice been a big fan of Hayley for a long time and this is just beautiful you country should be very proud of you.

Both of the best versions are from two incredibly talented Kiwi women - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and Hayley Westenra. God bless and defend New Zealand!

Such a beautiful voice. Brilliant Performance

Wonderfull sweett voice, and what a beautiful song!

Best version. Love Hayley Westenra ❤️

Fantastic!

So inspiring is Hayley Westenra! Just the best.

I think she has the best voice I have ever heard.

Just awesome 135 to 220 totally perfect amazing voice ❤️

I played this song with Farndon and District/ Chester Brass Band along with 3 Choirs a Pianist, A Baritone and an Alto Singer to raise money for the Tsunami in 2004. Such a potent song.

amazing voice for a wonderful song

Wow! So beautiful, thank you.

Holy Shitsnacks! This was just amazing! Even if I hadn't just come from the other renditions of this... Love the part when she takes her monitor out her ear!

PERFECT! So much emotion! This version is unbeatable! Hayley you're perfection! love you!!! - from India!

Kia ora a te whānau ; About Hayley and the World in Union. Hayley has pitch perfect tone only one in 10,000 have this ! and must have been 24 when she sang this - born on 10 April 1987; angelic, a down to Earth kiwi girl, she is the essence of 100% Pure New Zealand-Aotearoa from Otautahi-Christchurch City. She used to busk in Cathedral Square, Christchurch with her younger brother and sister. I have had to go back to hear this fantastic rendition by Hayley with no other singer ever coming even close to matching it. New Zealand operatic soprano Kiri Te Kanawa recorded the first version of this song for the 1991 Rugby World Cup which the All Blacks won ; also 1987 and 2015 - I have the official ABs jersey to prove it :) for the 2023 Web-Ellis cup - Rugby World Cup hosted in France. The melody is from "Thaxted" - a hymn tune by the English composer Gustav Holst, based on the stately theme from the middle section of the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite 'The Planets' and named after Thaxted, the English village where he lived much of his life. In 1991 composer and lyricist Charlie Skarbek was commissioned by World Rugby (then the International Rugby Football Board (IRFB)), to produce an anthem that encapsulated the spirit and values of the game. Come on the All Blacks (or Ireland ) ! . Sending heaps of aroha from Te Upoko-a-te-ika - the Head of the fish of Maui- Wellington - Aotearoa ! Ka kite anō. PS I wrote this on my daughter Olvia's 19th bday - she's not the slightest bit interested in rugby unlike her dad ! Happy birthday Olivia ! "World In Union" There's a dream, I feel So rare, so real All the world in union The world as one Gathering together One mind, one heart Every creed, every color Once joined, never apart Searching for the best in me I will fight what I can beat If I win, lose or draw There's a winner in us all It's the world in union The world as one As we climb to reach our destiny A new age has begun We face high mountains Must cross rough seas We must take our place in history And live with dignity Te Reo Māori version He wawata ka rongohia He onge, pono rä Ko te ao i tühonoa Kotahitanga Huihui mai tätou Kotahi te ngäkau Ngä iwi nö ngä töpito Tühono motu-kore E kimi nei i ngä hua Ka kitea taku toa Pai tü, pai hinga Kua tü rä, anä kua toa Ko te ao i tühonoa Kotahitanga Ka eke ki te karamata He ao hou ka rewa Tü ana maunga teitei Moana ngarungaru Me tü tangata i te ao Me tü rangatira Kia tü toa, kia tü mäia Hei whäinga mö te katoa Pai tü, pai hinga Kua tü rä, anä kua toa Ko te ao i tühonoa Kotahitanga Ka eke ki te karamata He ao hou ka rewa Ko te ao i tühonoa Kotahitanga Ka eke ki te karamata He ao hou ka rewa

This song gets me motivated for my games. It's one thing to watch rugby, but nothing compares to the passion for your team you play on that pitch with come rain or shine, mud or dust. I

Sie hat wirklich eine wunderschöne Stimmen! Ich hab voll ne Gänsehaut... :)

Einfach wunderschön gesungen !!

Good job I love that song so much

Love the song such a lovely singer

So angelic her voice is. Gives me a feeling of hope.

Absolutely wonderful.. Fabuous voice she has

What a lovely voice.

She’s so pretty and the best theme

Just beautifully sung

A lovely singer I have been a fan of her for many years I wood like to see in concert .she will go on for many years .

Even her live performances are amazing.

lovely voice... she will always be the best to me.

love it, really inspirational music... like it.

I love her smile at the end of the song !

She is magical.

I vow to thee my country........

This amazing song I remember This song after south africa won the rugby world cup 1995. Inspiring afte south africa become one.

love this song got goose bumps beautiful lyrics also :)

What a voice from such a wonderful women.I am a former Kiwi living in Canada and I cry every time I see her doing NZ national anthem at last World Rudgy Cup.Like the ABs she is a wonderful ambassador for NZ.

Wow this young lady is truely incrediable...such a beautiful voice and soul

Such a heavenly sound.

Amazing

Fantastic voice

Esta es la mejor versión de esta música.La sra Westenra tiene gracia ,elegancia y canta maravilloso .Felicidades.

She's beautiful in every aspect possible!!!

Beautiful.

Wunderschön.Stimme und Optik.Einfach Perfekt

The RFU may as well forget ever bothering with any other version of this. Hayley, Holst and the rest have reached perfection with this.

PLEASE come to Japan for the closing ceremony!

Lovely x

hayley so beautiful with a voice to match. xxx.

Amazing!!!!