 was the marching song of the New Zealand Army's 28th (Māori) Battalion.Numerous schools use Kia kaha as, or as part of, their mottoes, including Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay ("Whakatangata kia kaha"); Tikipunga High School, Whangarei ("Kia kaha, kia maia, kia manawanui"); Golden Bay High School, Takaka ("Ake ake kia kaha"); Rotorua Intermediate School, Rotorua ("Kia kaha, kia maia"); and Rosehill Intermediate School, Papakura ("Whaia kia kaha") and Te Awamutu Te Awamutu College, Kingwood Park High school (Kia Kaha) and Richmond Primary School (Kia Kaha).Queen Alexandra's Mounted Rifles (QAMR), an armoured regiment based at Waiouru, also uses Ake Ake Kia Kaha as its motto.