A year ago, Kane Te Tai, a military volunteer from New Zealand, released a viral video. He cleared a basement with his team and found a Ukrainian friend that he thought was dead. This was the last video Kane ever released; Russia killed him a few days later.

A year ago, Kane Te Tai, a military volunteer from New Zealand, released a viral video. He cleared a basement with his team and found a Ukrainian friend that he thought was dead. This was the last video Kane ever released; Russia killed him a few days later.
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  1. Exactly one year ago, Kane Te Tai released this video and it quickly went viral. It’s a rare moment of happiness in a terrible war.

    Before posting this I asked a close friend of mine, who was also a close friend of Kane, if he or anyone else wanted to say anything. He said no; the video says everything that could possibly be said.

    Kane was unfortunately killed shortly after he saved his friend in the basement. In New Zealand culture, one year after your death your headstone is placed on your grave. His teammates in Ukraine are unable to travel to his unveiling as they need to stay at the front, so I’m going in their place.

    At Protect a Volunteer, we think the best way to honor those we lose is to make sure their teammates still fighting have what they need to make it less likely that we will lose them too. We are fundraising for a close friend of Kane who served with him in the NZDF and is still in Ukraine. He is a sniper and needs night vision. If you would like to help him get it, you can donate to “Laser Kiwi Boys” on the Paypal dropdown menu at [www.protectavolunteer.com](http://www.protectavolunteer.com).

    You can also follow PAV on IG at [https://www.instagram.com/protectavolunteer/](https://www.instagram.com/protectavolunteer/)

    Or on Twitter at [https://twitter.com/protectavoluntr](https://twitter.com/protectavoluntr)

  2. Rest in piece my kiwi brother, thank you for fighting for what is right.

  4. Each of these stories is a tragedy. There would be fewer of them if we supported Ukraine properly.

  6. Damn, didn’t know he died. I remember having watched that video before and something about they wanted to toss grenades into the cellar but he recognized his friends voice.

  8. Rest in peace, we are lucky to have hero’s like him fighting for Ukraine… 🇺🇦 ❤️🇳🇿

  9. A hero for defending against the degenerate Russian war machine, RIP Kane

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