Welcome back for the very last time. It has been a pleasure hosting the Commonwealth Games. Thank you for having me in your lounge room. It's time for the closing ceremony with Peter Williams and Jenny May Clarkson. Welcome to the final act of these 21st Commonwealth Games closing ceremony, from here on the Gold Coast. Jenny-May and Peter joining you for this evening ceremony. Good evening, Jenny-May. Hello, everyone. Here we are together again. My name is Max. I'm 12 and I live on the Gold Coast. I'm going to be making a lot of announcements tonight, and this is my first one. Whoever you are and wherever you are watching, welcome back to Queensland, and welcome to the closing ceremony of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. And first up tonight, it is Amy with let Love rule. # GOTTA HOLD ON TO EACH OTHER AND LOVE WILL SEE US THROUGH. # LET LOVE RULE. # LET IT GUIDE US THROUGH THE NIGHT. # THAT WE MAY STAY TOGETHER # AND KEEP OUR SPIRITS CALM. # ONLY TRUTH WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # ONLY TRUTH WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # COS LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE FROM HARM. # PLEASE WELCOME ARCHIE ROACH! # OH, I COVER UP MY EARS SO I CANNOT HEAR THE VOICES OF HATE # OH, I COVER UP MY EARS SO I CANNOT HEAR THE VOICES OF HATE # AND THE VOICES OF FEAR. # AND I COVER UP MY EYES SO I CANNOT SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY # AND I COVER UP MY EYES SO I CANNOT SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY # THAT USED TO BE FREE. # LET LOVE RULE. # LET IT GUIDE US THROUGH THE NIGHT. # THAT WE MAY STAY TOGETHER AND KEEP OUR SPIRITS CALM. # ONLY TRUTH WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # ONLY TRUTH WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # COS LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE FROM HARM. # OH, YOU KNOW I LOVE THIS COUNTRY. # EVERY ROCK AND EVERY TREE. # THE GRASSLANDS AND THE DESERT, THE RIVERS AND THE SEA. # WELL, YOU KNOW I LOVE THE PEOPLE WHEREVER THEY ARE FROM. # YES, I LOVE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THIS LAND THEIR HOME. # LET LOVE RULE. # LET IT GUIDE US THROUGH THE NIGHT. # THAT WE MAY STAY TOGETHER AND KEEP OUR SPIRITS CALM. # ONLY TRUTH WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # COS LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE FROM HARM. # LET LOVE RULE. LET IT GUIDE US THROUGH THE NIGHT. # THAT WE MAY STAY TOGETHER AND KEEP OUR SPIRITS CALM. # ONLY TRUTH WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # COS LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL KEEP US SAFE FROM HARM. # OH, YOU KNOW I LOVE THIS COUNTRY, # EVERY ROCK AND EVERY TREE. # THE GRASSLANDS AND THE DESERT, THE RIVERS AND THE SEA. # WELL, YOU KNOW I LOVE THE PEOPLE, WHEREVER THEY ARE FROM. # YES, I LOVE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THIS LAND THEIR HOME. # LET LOVE RULE. LET IT GUIDE US THROUGH THE NIGHT. # THAT WE MAY STAY # TOGETHER AND KEEP OUR SPIRITS CALM. # LET LOVE RULE. WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # LET LOVE RULE. WILL SHINE THE MORNING LIGHT. # LET LOVE RULE. One of the stolen generation himself. The Restless Dance Theatre opening tonight's closing ceremony. The waves turned to gold as the sun rose across the land. But not just any land ` land where you can find sea mist, # LAND OF HISTORY THAT GOES BACK FAR, # WITH A FUTURE WHERE WE ALL REACH FOR THE STARS. # IN OUR SOUTHERN CROSS LAND, WHERE YOU CAN FIND MULTICULTURALISM # IN A TEAM WITHOUT A SINGLE LIMITATION. # LAND OF PEOPLE POWER, ALWAYS EMPOWERING A POWERFUL CHANGE # AROUND GREAT MOUNTAIN RANGES AND ACROSS. # AAH, AAH, AAH. # AND THEN I HEARD SOMETHING. # THE EARTHQUAKE SHAKES, THUNDER AWAKES # THAT MAKES FAST-FLOWING RIPPLES IN THE LAKES. # THIS WAS A TIME WHEN I GOT SHIVERS # DOWN MY SPINE AS I WATCHED THESE HARD-WORKING ATHLETES SHINE # AND CELEBRATED THE COMMONWEALTH NATIONS WHO BROUGHT TOGETHER # SPORTING THAT'S DIVINE. # I STAND PROUD WITH YOU HERE IN SHARING YOUR DREAM, # BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE THEY CAME ALIVE. # THIS IS WHERE ATHLETES CAME TOGETHER, AND TOGETHER THEY STRIVED. # THEY STRIVED BECAUSE THEIR PASSION INSPIRED THEM # SINCE THE DAY THEY ARRIVED # AND BY CARRYING THIS INSPIRATION, # THEY'VE SPREAD MOTIVATION HELPING CHANGE THOUSANDS OF LIVES. # BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. # WHEN YOU REALISE HAPPINESS IS GIVING # AND SPORT IS YOUR LIFE'S UNDERPINNING, # AND ADD THAT ON TO YOUR INNINGS, YOU'LL BE SPRINGING, # SWINGING AND SINGING AS YOU SPEND YOUR WHOLE LIFE GRINNING, # WATCHING GYMNASTS SPINNING, SWIMMERS SWIMMING MAKING A SPLASH. # ELECTRICITY SPARKS AS SPRINTERS DASH, # WHEN THEY FINISH IN A FLASH. # AND JUST FEELING THE ENERGY MAKES YOU EXCITED. # EVERYONE'S DELIGHTED. BECAUSE HERE ON THE GOLD COAST WE STAND TOGETHER UNITED. # TO UNITE, LIKE UNITING IS A SPORT. # BECAUSE WITH UNITING INSTEAD OF DIVIDING, THIS IS WHERE WE COME, # WHEN WE WORK NOT TOGETHER, BUT TO WORK TOGETHER AS ONE. # TAKING A MOMENT FROM GREED, YOU CAN REALISE HOW FAR YOU'VE COME. # AS YOUR LIFE AS A PERSON HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN. # I'M HERE BECAUSE OF YOU. I'M HERE BECAUSE OF ME. # BUT TOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN WHAT WE COULD EVER INDIVIDUALLY BE. #LET US RISE OUT OF OUR SEATS AND CHASE OUR DREAMS. # BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE TO BE CHASED, # NO MATTER HOW HARD IT SEEMS. # IT'S TIME NOW TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE TREES, # THE SEAS AND THE GOLD COAST SKY, # AS WE LEAVE TO ACHIEVE OUR DREAMS THROUGH THE REST OF OUR LIVES, # CARRYING THESE MEMORIES THAT WILL NEVER FADE. # BECAUSE THIS WAS REAL PASSION. # THIS WAS UNFORGETTABLE CHAMPIONS. # THIS WE TRUE SPORTSMANSHIP. # THIS WAS OUR STORY BEING MADE. # (CHEERING) # ALL WE NEED IS LOVE. # ALL WE NEED IS LOVE. # WANT TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS ` # ALL WE NEED IS LOVE. # I FEEL THE LOVE UNDER THE STARS, ON THE ROOFTOP TONIGHT. # HERE WE COME TOGETHER AS ONE, # CONNECTED BY OUR BEATING HEARTS # ALL AROUND THE WORLD. # I'M COMING NOW TO YOU ` # A REVOLUTION OF LOVE. # HERE WE GO, GO, GO. # ALL WE NEED IS LOVE. # ALL WE NEED IS LOVE. # WANT TO SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS. # ALL WE NEED IS LOVE. # HEY, EVERYONE. I'M RICKI-LEE. THESE GAMES HAVE CONNECTED THE WORLD. WE'VE SHARED EXPERIENCES WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER, AND WE'VE REMEMBERED THAT WE'RE ALL SO MUCH STRONGER AND BETTER TOGETHER. WE'VE GOT SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR AND SO MANY PEOPLE TO BE GRATEFUL TO, SO IT'S TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE AWESOME LOCAL LEGENDS, STARTING WITH OUR EVERYDAY HEROES, THE PEOPLE WHO EACH AND EVERY DAY KEEP THE HEART OF THE CITY AND STATE PUMPING. Make some noise! It's a hot and sunny day on the Gold Coast. Thousands of people Are hitting the beach today. (WHIMSICAL MUSIC PLAYS) ALL SING: # GOLD COAST, GOLD COAST, HERE WE ARE. # BUMBALUCKA! BUMBALUCKA! # WAH, WAH, WAH. # GOLD COAST, GOLD COAST, HERE WE ARE. # GOLD COAST, GOLD COAST, HERE WE ARE. # BUMBALUCKA! BUMBALUCKA! # WAH, WAH, WAH. # GOLD COAST, GOLD COAST, HERE WE ARE. # BUMBALUCKA! BUMBALUCKA! # WAH, WAH, WAH. # GOLD COAST, GOLD COAST, HERE WE ARE. # BUMBALUCKA! BUMBALUCKA! # WAH, WAH, WAH. # # Without you, there's somethin very special about you You're all # I ever think about, it's true-ue-ue Baby it's you, I # talk about # you Now, starting out a brand new life In any thing I say and # do It's all because of you now, Given me a new world And I # wonder how I ever got along Without you, there's somethin very # special about you You're all I ever think about, it's true-ue-ue. # # Started out, last night, I was thinkin' of days gone by Of the # times, I've had, And the things that I've left behind Some # change, some # die, Still we manage to survive It's knowin' when and what to # do, It's up to you Don't know what's goin' on, I can't wait # till One summer, I'll find a way One summer, will always # remain One summer, remember the way Please welcome Yothu Yindi. (plays didgeridoo) # Treaty, yeah, treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. Treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah, treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. Treaty, yeah. # Well, I heard it on the radio. # And I saw it on the television back in 1988. # All those talking politicians. # Treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. Treaty, yeah. # This land was never given up. # This land was never bought and sold. # The planting of the Union Jack # never changed our law at all. # Treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. Treaty, yeah. # Treaty yeah. # Treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. Treaty, yeah. # Treaty, yeah. Guy Sebastian! # Ain't it a funny thing # how you run to me when he sends you spinning out of control, # to the nth degree. # You know I make it right. # I'm at your command. # You can tell me anything you want. # You know I'm gonna understand. # I won't let you down, break it down-d-down-d-down. # Never let you down. # Break it down. # Hey-yo, do ya like it like that I'm the only one who can love # ya Like that Hey-yo, do ya like it like that I'm the only one who can # love ya like that Hey-yo, do ya like it like that I'm the # only one who can love ya like that Hey-yo, do ya like it like # that I'm the only one who can love ya like that. # All we need is Love, All we need is Love. # Want to shout it from the roof tops. # All we need is love all around # the world. # I'm callin' out to you. # A revolution of love. # Here we go, go, go. # All we need is Love. All we need is love. # Want to shout it from the rooftops. # All we need is love. # We're on a one ticket to Paradise. # We're kickin' down the doors # and comin' alive # All we need is love. # All we need is love. # From the ground up, # let's start a revolution of love. # (fireworks pop) (LAUGHTER) # Lazy days... # (WHOOPING) (LAUGHTER) (ENGINE REVS) What have you got under the hood, bro? What?! Shush! What's under the hood? You wouldn't believe me. (ALL EXCLAIM) (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (TYRES SCREECH, MEN EXCLAIM, CAR WHIRRS) (BOTH LAUGH) # Cos something's telling me that we should stay and fight. # I know it's gonna take a lot to change your mind, oh, but, baby, # put your white flag down. # I'm rolling up my sleeves right now. # Oh, no, I'm not afraid to bleed, work my hands to the bone. # More words are not what you need. I let my labour show. # Can't do it on my own. # I need you to believe. # So please, please, squeeze. # Cos there's more in this bloodstone. # Yeah, there's more in this bloodstone. # There's a version of me I need to bring to light. # I'm really not that person that I was last night. # I tend to mess up every good thing in my life, oh. # I'll make it up to you somehow. # So let me get to work right now. # Oh, no, I'm not afraid to bleed, work my hands to the bone. # More words are not what you need. # I let my labour show. # Can't do it on my own. # I need you to believe. # So please, please, squeeze. # Cos there's more in this bloodstone. # I'm gonna, I'm gonna show you. # So let me get to work right now. # I'm gonna, I'm gonna show you. # So let me get to work right now. # I'm gonna, I'm gonna show you. # So let me get to work right now. # I'm gonna, I'm gonna show you. #I'm gonna come through somehow # I'm gonna come through somehow. # I'm gonna come through somehow. # Oh, no, I'm not afraid to bleed. # Oh, no, I'm not afraid to bleed, work my hands to the bone. # More words are not what you need. # I let my labour show. # Can't do it on my own. # I need you to believe. # So please, please, squeeze. Cos there's more in this bloodstone. # I know, I know, that there's more in this bloodstone. # Believe me, believe me, that there's more in this bloodstone. # I know and you know. There's no walking. # (APPLAUSE) please show your appreciation for Guy Sebastien and the games shapers. They are going to be part of the show. # My baby moves at midnight. # Goes right on till the dawn. # My woman takes me higher. # My woman keeps me warm. # What you doin' on your back? Aah. What you doin' on your back? Aah # You should be dancing, yeah. # Dancing, yeah. # Finally , it's time to give our respect to the people whose destiny was to come here to the GC and live their dreams. They've given their all and shown us their best. And it's been inspiring to witness their incredible journey. Boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, can we all please say a huge 'thank you' to the awesome athletes of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. (CHEERING, APPLAUSE) # She's juicy and she's trouble. # She gets it to me good. # My woman gives me power. # Goes right down to my blood. # What you doin' on your back? Aah. What you doin' on your back? Aah. # You should be dancing, yeah. Dancing, yeah. # What you doin' on your back? Aah? What you doin' on your back? Aah # You should be dancing, yeah. # Dancing, yeah. # My baby moves at midnight. # Goes right on till the dawn. # My woman takes me higher. My woman keeps me warm. # What you doin' on your back? Aah. # What you doin' on your back? Aah. # You should be dancing, yeah. # Dancing, yeah. # What you doin' on your back? Aah. What you doin' on your back? Aah. # You should be dancing, yeah. # Dancing, yeah. # What you doin' on your back? Aah? What you doin' on your back? Aah. Allplease give it up for Mr Usai Bolt. Let's see if he can bust out a few moves. # What you doin' on your back? Aah. What you doin' on your back? Aah. # You should be dancing, yeah. # Dancing, yeah. # # What you doin' on your back? Aah. What you doin' on your back? Aah. # You should be dancing, yeah. # Dancing, yeah. # (APPLAUSE) fantastic. Welcome back to the Gold Coast. A Yugambeh farewell. (CHANTS IN AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE) (CONTINUES CHANTING) (CROWD CHEERS) just 11 days ago, we were formally welcomed by Yugambeh elders. Now as the sun sets, it is time for a traditional farewell by future Yugambeh leaders. We representa new generation responsible for our shared future for the environments and for living peacefully together on this planet. We are both in ancient and modern people. Form years our saltwater country has played host to all different mobs come here for dance, ceremony and sporting, petitions. It is field our community with pride is to hear our Yugambeh language spoken. In ancient times, you would carry a message stick from clan to clan and nation to nation. We all carry modern day message sticks ` our mobile phones. Like the song, which has been shared from those people. (ALL CHANT) WE THANK YOU for visiting our country. It has enabled us the great fortune of sharing our culture and learning more about the cultures of our brothers and sisters and other nations. We have loved having you here. But now the time has come to say farewell. We wish you save travels across the land and seas and skies back to your homes. In our language, not to say goodbye but in the hope that we will see you again soon. (CROWD CHEERS) What fantastic games we have had. (APPLAUSE) and together we have made history. Over the last 11 days, we have shown the world what it really means to be an Australian, To be a Queenslander, and to be a Gold Coaster. We have brought meaning to definition of the friendly games. For more than 1.2 million spectators and hundreds of millions of people watching across the world, the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games will be remembered for many reasons, but for a significant number of firsts that will set the standard for future games. Yes, there are open worlds and games records broken, each representing an extraordinary level of effort and achievement, but these games will also be remembered where for the first time there were equal numbers of middle events for women and men. (APPLAUSE) and these were the games that saw the full and authentic integration of para-athletes into the games program. And these were the games that saw a long overdue recognition of our indigenous people, founded on action and results and not just words. (APPLAUSE) inclusion is a commonwealth games future. It is what makes us extraordinary. From its beginning in Canada nearly 80 years ago, the games were always designed to be more than just a sporting spectacle. They are away for us to come together and share what we have in common. If you will excuse a gentle boast, I can think of no better place for that vision to be realised than here on the Gold Coast. These games will also be remembered for the efforts, passion and commitment of so many people. Firstly to the athletes. (APPLAUSE) athletes, you came here to fulfil your destiny is. You have moved and inspired us all with your sportsmanship, and the compassion you are shown each other. My heartfelt thanks goes to the athletes families, the officials and the over 15,000 games volunteers, our game shapers. (APPLAUSE) without your collective dedication, these games would not have succeeded. You have made us all so proud. Thank you again, game shapers. I also want to thank the ceremonious cast. The wonderful people who have entertained you tonight and at the opening ceremonies. (APPLAUSE) to our three tiers of government, especially the state government, I acknowledge the Premier. And to all the games sponsors, thank you for your support as well. (APPLAUSE) it has been a great privilege to be the chair of the organising committee for these games and to work with the outstanding staff who have done such a brilliant job in organising and delivering these games. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) and to the Commonwealth games Federation, our sincere thanks for allowing us to be the custodians of these games for a short time, and our very best wishes to the 22nd Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. (APPLAUSE) while our games close tonight, this event will not be forgotten quickly. I am confident the legacy will be deeply and widely felt for many years to come. As I said, together we have made beautiful history. I say to the Gold Coast, the world loves you. Thank you. (CROWD CHEERS) former Premier of Queensland and current organising chair. At every game since 2002, the Commonwealth family awards the outstanding athlete of the games With the recognition of the David Dixon award. David dedicated 40 years of his life to the games. The winner has exhibited great sportsmanship and consideration for his fellow competitors while competing at the highest level. In winning a gold medal in the sport of weightlifting. I am delighted to announce that David Liti from New Zealand has one that 2018 Commonwealth David Dixon award. Kiwi wins the David Dixon award. It is given to an athlete who is computed with particular distinction both in terms of athletic ability and an overall contribution. He is young and we have seen a lot of in the last few days. I think the personality and the sporting ability he has shown Ladies, gentlemen and Commonwealth athletes, congratulations Gold Coast, congratulations Queensland and congratulations Australia. (APPLAUSE) you have delivered a truly golden commonwealth games for the Commonwealth. Games of innovation, inspiration, colour and vibrancy with an exuberant Gold Coast bars. Embracing us all with your warmth and friendship. To Peter Beattie, and all of the team who have delivered the game so successfully, my warmest congratulations to you all. To the elders and the Yugambe people who have embraced us and welcomed us on their land, I give our thanks. It is our intention for Barnaby to live on after the games, supporting and raising funds. Supporting and raising funds for the Yugumbe community. Two sponsors and supporters who help make these games possible, we value your support and recognise that we could not do this without you. To the games shapers and workforce who have put a smile on everyone's face with long hours and endless requests, you have given a wonderful personality to these games. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Louise Martin, the president of the Commonwealth Games commission. Thank you all for sharing this journey with us. You have been wonderful partners. Athletes, 11 days ago I asked you to grasp this opportunity, to create your own history and fulfil your dreams, and to become truly great Commonwealth athletes. I thank and congratulate you for rising so magnificently to this challenge. With nine world and 91 Commonwealth records broken. (APPLAUSE) (CROWD CHEERS) with first ever medals for five different countries ` Vanuatu, Solomon Islands the Cook Islands, Dominica and the British Virgin Islands. (APPLAUSE) there were so many other firsts and personal bests. What are games these have been. Giving us many inspirational memories that will last long after we leave the Gold Coast. The strength of the Commonwealth games is that all games are different, with each host adding its own character, culture and identity to 11 days of wonderful sporting competition. Gold Coast, you have done just that. You have delivered. (CROWD CHEERS) you have delivered a sporting and cultural spectacle that the entire Commonwealth can be proud of, but most importantly an event that you can be proud of. On behalf of the Commonwealth games family, thank you Gold Coast (LAUGHTER) # Lazy days... # (WHOOPING) (LAUGHTER) (ENGINE REVS) What have you got under the hood, bro? What?! Shush! What's under the hood? You wouldn't believe me. (ALL EXCLAIM) (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (TYRES SCREECH, MEN EXCLAIM, CAR WHIRRS) (BOTH LAUGH) Now it is time for the handover of the flag. The Queensland Ballet. (ELIZA'S ARIA PLAYS) (MAJESTIC MUSIC CONTINUES) This is the Queensland youth Ballet. The Queensland youth Ballet dancers auditioned for the opportunity to dance alongside The Queensland ballet company. A great opportunity for these young dancers. This sequence is the beginning of the Commonwealth Games Federation flag handover. The flag is to be handed over from the Gold Coast to the next host city, Birmingham, England. (MAJESTIC MUSIC CONTINUES) (MUSIC SOFTENS) there we see the Commonwealth games Federation flag being lowered and it will make its way through the athletes. There is no march of the athletes in this particular closing ceremony. All the athletes came in before the official ceremony began, about 45 minutes prior. The New Zealand flag Barrett tonight was Stacey Michelsen, The gold medal winning captain Of the women's black sticks hockey team. One of the pair who won the Cook Islands bronze medal Was their flag bearer. As the flag makes its way towards the stage, it is being presented to the mayor of the city of Gold Coast. He will present the flag to Louise Martin. As you say, athletes already inside the stadium and an opportunity for them to actually enjoy the celebrations. In the opening ceremonial, they miss the majority of it and they came in after. The quality of the entertainment this evening has been fantastic and there is a whole lot more to come too. (SOARING MAJESTIC MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING) (HARP MUSIC PLAYS) joining us now on stage for the official Commonwealth games flag handover to Birmingham 2022 As the premier of Queensland And the mayor of the city of Gold Coast, Tom Tate. Sam will return the flag to Louise Martin, CBE. Ian Metcalf presents the flag to counsellor Ann Underwood. There is the mayor of the city of Birmingham, Ann Underwood. The dignitaries are leaving the stage. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Gold Coast, you are the champions! (CROWD CHEERS) what can we say except how good was that? The games may be ending but what we have seen these past two weeks is the beginning Of Queensland's golden age. Nothing can stop us now. Together we have delivered a games of inclusion and respect That should be the model of all games to come. The world has seen Queensland at its best, where life is beautiful one day and perfect the next. (CHEERING) but beauty comes in many forms, Like our beaches and our Great Barrier Reef but beauty is also in the women's 10,000 final Where the first Aussie stayed at the finish line who cheered for those who came after. It is in the way the games reminded us not to focus on disability and difference but to celebrate Everyone equally! And didn't we love it? Finally to all those who have worked so hard to deliver this magnificent event here, I say you beauty. You did us proud. We live in such a beautiful place but our greatest joy is to share it. This is not an farewell; it is until we meet again. You will always have friends here in Queensland. Gold Coast, we were awesome. (APPLAUSE) Your Royal Highness, ladies and gentlemen, I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land where we gather here tonight. I pay respect to elders past and present. To us, everyone is equal. As the first regional city to host the games, we feel such pride. Two hours smiling volunteers, you have generated so much fun for everyone. You are amazing. (APPLAUSE) to our sponsors organising committees, security and police officers, and behind-the-scenes workers, thank you. (APPLAUSE) to the athletes, you are champions. So many personal bests. So many games records. So many world records. You have done your families and your country proud. (APPLAUSE) and to you, what a fantastic crowd. (CROWD CHEERS) you cheer from your hearts and you lit up our city with your smiles. Your smiles will be one of my lasting legacy of memory. Thank you so much. (APPLAUSE) we talk about the game's legacy buildings and programs, but it's what we feel rather than what we see which is far more powerful. It is relationship built on humanity, equality and destiny. That is the soul of sport and it is at the heart of why we love it. To Birmingham, I wish you every success. You are in for a great ride. And to all our visitors, I want you to be like a boomerang. Return back to us soon. Thank you for being part of our story tonight. (APPLAUSE) Tom Tate here at the Gold Coast. Very soon we're going to Birmingham. Your Royal Highness, on behalf of the Commonwealth games Australia, I would like to thankall of the athletes of the Commonwealth who have joined us on the Gold Coast. Your wonderful achievements and your demonstrations of fair play and sportsmanship provide great inspiration to future generations. I congratulate you all on making this games so successful. Two our own Australian athletes, I say thank you for being the source of great inspiration for all Australians through your pursuit of sporting excellence. (APPLAUSE) congratulations to the Commonwealth games Federation and all the games delivery partners who have made these truly memorable sporting events. Australia has a proud history of hosting great Commonwealth Games, on the Gold Coast 2018 will be remembered as one of our most successful chapters. Thank you to the people of the Gold Coast, Queensland and Australia who have shown such overwhelming support for the athletes of the Commonwealth. You two are part of this successful story. (APPLAUSE) he was a champion weightlifter in his time. President of the Commonwealth Games Federation of Australia. Your Royal Highness, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, what are games there have been. To repeat the words of the president, congratulations Gold Coast, congratulations Queensland and congratulations Australia. (APPLAUSE) in particular, congratulations to your athletes for their performances over the last 11 days. We have witnessed some simply stunning sport and you have done your country proud. These games have been contested in the right way. Athletes and coaches of the 71 nations and territories, you have shown the true spirit of sportsmanship from beginning to end. That spirit is the hallmark of the Commonwealth games. Thank you. (APPLAUSE) to the people of the Gold Coast, and to the people of Queensland, I also want to say a heartfelt thank you. We will all take memories from these games that will last a lifetime. You have made this experience truly special. Our thoughts now turn towards four years time and my home city of Birmingham. For team England, the countdown to Birmingham 2022 starts right now. (APPLAUSE) Your Royal Highness, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the city of Birmingham, England and the wider United Kingdom, I would like to endorse everything the previous speakers have said. Now I want to tell you why you should be making travel plans to come to the next Commonwealth Games in four years time in Birmingham. Birmingham is extremely excited and honoured to have been selected to host the 22nd Commonwealth games in 2022. We are a very young and diverse city. Our population of over 1 million people is made up of nearly 200 different nationalities from around the Commonwealth and the rest of the world. Nearly half our citizens are under the age of 30. Therefore we will showcase our city's youth and diversity through an exciting cultural program in summer 2022. Whilst we can't promise sun, sand and sea of these Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, we can promise use, energy, creativity and a love of sport. As Lord Mayor, I too can guarantee you the warmest of welcomes to our city in 2022. Birmingham is the heart of the UK and the soul of the Commonwealth, and we are already putting our hearts and souls into making the 2022 Commonwealth Games a celebration that everyone can be proud of. So now let me invite you to look at the screen and let us show you our young and diversity. Birmingham. From its humble beginnings, this great city laid the foundations of the modern world. City of a thousand trades, Birmingham in the West Midlands is the beating heart of the UK. A place where dreams become reality. And its people are legends. Let me tell you a story about my city. A place for the community. This is not what I ordered. (HIP HOP MUSIC PLAYS) action. This holy shrine. Sorry I forgot my line again. Cut. Nights you'll never forget in a city that never sleeps. Well, almost never. Sorry. We are a city that is not afraid to show off. Or scream. Where more than just a city. This is our city. And we are from Birmingham. Let me tell you a story about. Where the people come first. 1 WHISPERS: I didn't know we had to get dressed up. WHISPERS: We're not going to bed, Ron. We're going out. (ROLLER DOOR RATTLES) (INTRIGUING MUSIC) (IGNITION CLICKS, CAR WHIRRS) (MAN SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE ON VIDEO) Hit it! (CAR POWERS UP) (EXCLAIMS EXCITEDLY) (WHOOPS) # Lazy days... # (MEN LAUGH) Oh my Gawd! Hey! (SCREAMING) Yes, yes. I don't feel well. BOTH: What?! (TYRES SCREECH) (WOMEN LAUGH) There you go. (BOTH LAUGH) (ENGINE REVS) What have you got under the hood, bro? You wouldn't believe me. (TYRES SCREECH, MEN EXCLAIM, CAR WHIRRS) (BOTH LAUGH) (CLICKING) WHISPERS: See you tomorrow. WHISPERS: It is tomorrow. RAPS: # So much changed without noticing, # surrounded by energies that level me # when I'm ready to bail and stop focusing. # Sometimes I wonder why is it me they put their faith in, # when my spirit is closing in. # Can't browse her mind like it's not loaded in, # and these fakes smiles started feeling old again, # too many doors wide open, and I'm cold again. # But now I'm smouldered in good vibes, # coated with verses and hooks that uncoded my shook mind # and took flight. # Some things are best left unstressed. # If it doesn't look right, then it's locked off, put to rest, # like good nights, sleep. I'm 5'4" of sky-bought dreams. # And before I decease, I'mma seek my peace of mind. # Too many wait until rest in peace. # How could I spend my life Building another man's empire when mine weak? # Everybody wants that back-seat limo ride, # not concerned with who's in the driver's seat. # I clutched every short straw, secured together. # They brought more to the surface. # They're slurping the dregs, their thirsty perfect. # Unworthy of earnin', uncertain of what make them their own person. # Who's out here to go distance with you? # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # Who's out here to go distance with you? # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # Who's out here to go distance with you? # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # Who's out here to go distance with you? # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # Don't get cushy. Every day careers gets cropped. # Pull your weight before you get. cut. The best things are free. # Pull your weight before you get cut. The best things are free. # But Em, lemme see the real costs, the total of time, # the value of rhymes. So I'mma have to charge you for a loss. # Exposure ain't enough. Trust, Shut down the whole ting. # If the energy is off, nuff, # penalties presently better take the shot. # Everything's a hard hit till you invest in what you've got. # They prepare you to follow, but it's never a leaders spot. # See the same vision if you sit connecting the dots. # Need a blank space for my brand base. # Wear my own logo that brands bait. # On the reel, there no appeal in handshakes, # with deal diluted from other man's plate. # I'm trying stand straight, see clear, mad when you try plan fate. # They feed fear. Sideways landscape stares appear. # Don't wanna participate in the portrait till they hear. # You're finding figures, # everything from the bank to the budgets getting bigger. # Don't picture my progress as paper; the world is a scissor. # Agendas to rule, start with the woman in the mirror. # No royal male here plan, but to deliver. # Sometime you have to be a little selfish. # Rather them not listen to my music than the world to be without it. # My niece can rap the whole first verse to 'Can't Say'. # You can't say, the movement is grounded. # If her view lifts, no need to move mountains. # In world full of cannots, lemme tell you you are astounding. # Athletes, you are astounding. # Athletes, you are astounding. # Who's out here to go distance with you. # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # I guess it's a solo ride. # Who's out here to go distance with you? # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # Who's out here to go distance with you? # It might change your life. # If no one wants to ride passenger, I guess it's a solo ride. # I guess it's a solo ride. # I guess it's a solo ride. # We have told you you're welcome. You could fit a country like Yemen between my right on my left. Birmingham, you stay back too young. You are nothing without me. The homeless, who are you if not us? We built this city. They don't believe us when we say we have more canals than Venice. We are the police, the young people, the elderly, the athletes. Sometimes we have to start running. We built this city but we is not just me and you but it is ancestors we rarely pay homage to. I say we tell them the truth. We read our ancestors manifestoes. I want you to see my city. (UPBEAT MUSIC) It's a beautiful blue day. Blue sky is living here today! # Please tell us why you had to hide away for so long? # Please tell us why you had to hide away for so long? (UPBEAT MUSIC CONTINUES) Hey, you with the pretty face Welcome to the human race. A celebration, mister blue sky's up there waitin'. And today is the day we've waited for Oh mister blue sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for # so long (so long). Where did we go wrong? # Oh, mister blue sky, please tell us why you had to hide away for # so long, so long. # Where did we go wrong? # Mister blue, you did it right. # I remember you this way. # Oh, mister blue sky, please tell us why You had to hide away for # so long, so long? Where did we go wrong? The Commonwealth games are 2022, If they're going to be as flash that production, we can look forward to some great Games in four years. (SOFT CHORAL MUSIC) Here it comes. #Brum. Home of the Brummies. Should be a great show in four years in the English Midlands. (CHEERING) The final formalities of Gold Coast 2018 are not far away. We will see you in 2022! And now please welcome his Royal Highness, the Earl of Wessex. Prince Edward. Vice patron of the Commonwealth Games Federation. Every four years, these games bring our spirit of the Commonwealth alive. They expression friendship between nations. So I call upon sports men and women from all countries and territories of the Commonwealth To come together in four years time in Birmingham, England, To celebrate the 22nd Commonwealth games. (APPLAUSE) until then, in the name of the Commonwealth games Federation, I proclaim Gold Coast 2018 closed. (FIREWORKS BANG) The Gold Coast games are officially closed but don't go away because the closing ceremony has more to come. Show is called sisters. A musical smorgasbord is on the way. # Now, there was a time when we used to say That behind every great man, # There had to be a great woman. # But in these times of change, You know that it's no longer true. # So we're comin' out of the kitchen, # cos there's somethin' we forgot to say to you. # We say sisters are doin' it for themselves, # standin' on their own two feet and ringin' on their own bells. # Sisters are doin' it for themselves. # Now, this is a song to celebrate # the conscious liberation of the female state. # Mothers, daughters and their daughters too, # woman to woman, we're singin' with you. # The inferior sex has got a new exterior. # Yeah, we got doctors, lawyers, politicians too. # Everybody, take a look around. # Can you see, can you see, # can you see there's a woman right next to you? # Oh yeah. Sisters are doin' it for themselves. # Sisters are doin' it for themselves, # standin' on their own two feet and ringin' on their own bells. # We say sisters are doin' it for themselves. # Oh, we ain't makin' stories or we ain't makin' plans. # Don't you know that a man still loves a woman # and a woman still loves a man just the same? # Sisters are doin' it for themselves. Let's give it up for this awesome band. # Sisters are doin' it for themselves. # Now, there was a time when they used to say # that behind every great man, there had to be a great woman. # Oh, in these times of change, you know that it's no longer true. # So we're comin' out of the kitchen, # cos there's somethin' we forgot to say to you. # Sisters are doin' it for themselves, # standin' on their own two feet and ringin' on their own bells. # Sisters are doin' it for themselves. # Sisters are doin' it for themselves. # You whisper my name, # and I feel my heart beat like it's never gonna stop. # I lose all self control and feel it start. # Your love takes me right to the top. # And the wind cries out, out your name to me. # And I feel no shame, feeling this way. # Ohhh. # I need your body. I got to have your body close to me. # Such a temptation, a burning new sensation's flowing through me. # I want you close to me. # You make me feel like we're the only ones # who've ever been in love before. #These feelings burn inside me night and day. # You keep me reaching out for more. # And the wind cries out, out your name to me. # And I feel no shame, feeling this way. # I need your body. I got to have your body close to me. # Such a temptation, a burning new sensation's flowing through me. # I need you close to me. And the wind cries out, out your name to me. # And the wind cries out, out your name to me. # And I feel no shame, feeling this way. # I need your body. I got to have your body close to me. # Such a temptation, a burning new sensation's flowing through me. # I need your body. # ('SAY I LOVE YOU' PLAYS) # SPEAK TO ME JUST ONE MORE TIME. SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME. # SPEAK TO ME JUST ONE MORE TIME. SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME. # OH BABY, OH, OH, OH, I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, 'I LOVE YA.' # YEAH. OH, OH, OH, I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, 'I NEED YA.' # AH HAH. SPEAK TO ME JUST ONE MORE TIME. # SAY THAT YOU LOVE ME ONE MORE TIME. # SAY IT TO ME JUST ONE MORE TIME. # SAY THAT YOU FORGIVE ME ONE MORE TIME. # OH BABY, OH, OH, OH, I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, 'I LOVE YA.' # AH HAH. OH, OH, OH, I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, 'I NEED YA.' # YEAH. SAY I LOVE YOU, SAY I NEED YOU ` # SAY ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN LOVE IS NEW. # I LOVE YOU, DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SAY. # OH, OH, OH, OH, OH BABY, I LOVE YOU, DON'T BE ASHAMED. # SAY I LOVE YOU, SAY I NEED YOU ` # SAY ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN LOVE IS NEW. # I LOVE YOU, DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SAY. # OH YEAH, OH BABY, I LOVE YOU. DON'T BE ASHAMED. # SAY I LOVE YOU, DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SAY. # OH BABY, I LOVE YOU. DON'T BE ASHAMED. # OH, OH, OH, I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, 'I LOVE YA.' # AH HAH. OH, OH, OH, I WANNA HEAR YOU SAY, 'I NEED YA.' # YEAH. SAY I LOVE YOU, SAY I NEED YOU ` # SAY ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN THEY'RE IN LOVE. # I LOVE YOU, DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SAY. # OH BABY, I LOVE YOU, DON'T BE ASHAMED. # SAY I LOVE YOU, SAY I NEED YOU ` # SAY ALL THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAY WHEN LOVE IS NEW. # I LOVE YOU. DON'T BE ASHAMED TO SAY. OH BABY, I LOVE YOU. # # I can't resist you, no matter how I try. # After all this time, can't believe that I'm about to take this ride. # Said it was over, decided we were through. # I've convinced myself that somebody else could # take the place of you. # You're part of me, my one obsession. # And from this power you possess, I need protection. # When you're staring straight through me with those eyes, # those bedroom eyes. # I'm lost for words, so hypnotised. # I can feel it in my heart. # It's about to start with those eyes, those bedroom eyes. # I made a promise to myself that I would erase you from my mind, # leave the past behind, be done with you for good. # But then I saw you, # I knew that I had lied. I thought of just how much I crave your touch # to keep me satisfied. # You're part of me, my one obsession. # And from this power you possess, I need protection # when you're staring straight through me with those eyes, # those bedroom eyes, I'm lost for words. # So hypnotised when you stare into my soul. # I lose all control to those # eyes, those bedroom eyes. Those bedroom eyes. # I must admit I'm not # surprised I can feel it in my heart. # It's about to start with those eyes, those bedroom eyes. # You're part of me, my one obsession. # I need you. # And from this power you possess, I need protection. (KATE CEBERANO'S 'BOY'S IN TOWN' PLAYS) # I am thru with hanging around with all the boys in town. # Now I want a man around. # Get me out of here. I am just a red brassiere. # To all the boys in town, put this bus in top gear. # Get me out of here. I must have been desperate. # I must have been pretty low. I must have been desperate. # I must have been pretty low. # I was always driving home # all the boys in town, but they never telephoned. # Get me out of here. I think they're pretty phoney. # You're not like the rest. # You've heard of matrimony. They've all flunked the test. # I must have been desperate. I must have been pretty low. # I must have been desperate, I must have been pretty slow. GUITAR SOLO # Oh, I'm tired, # oh, I'm wired. Oh, I'm tired, Ooooh, I'm wired. GUITAR SOLO # Too much, too young. Too much, too young. # Too much, too young. # Too much, too young. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. # Get me out of here. Get me out of here. # Get me out of here. Get me out of here. Get me out of here. # This is for you, Deb. # I was born in a thunderstorm. I grew up overnight. It's only the beginning, but I've already gone and lost my mind I feel like making daisy chains, and playin' hide'n'seek When it s only the beginning, the fairy dust is still in flight And this could be the love of a lifetime even if it lasts a week Or maybe just a daydream When we go walking along the river Watch the old Watch the old men fishing the sunny side of the pier It's like a movie and It's like a movie and you're my leading man # The way you woo me just like Cary Grant # You wanna hold my hand # It's only the beginning, but I've already gone and lost my mind # I feel like breaking window panes all up and down my street # When it's only the beginning, we can bring the house down every night # And this could be the love of a lifetime even if it lasts a week # Or just the sweetest daydream # and do you ever feel the passion, # to jump from a speeding train. # I'd like to be the wheels beneath you, # I'd like to be the rain that could wash away your pain. # It's only... # So hold me closer, let me feel you sigh, my Spanish # butterfly. # It's only the beginning, # but I've already gone and lost my mind. # I feel like breaking window panes all up and down my street. # Any day now I will hear your call # and this could be the love of a lifetime # even if it lasts a week. # It's only, it's only, it's only out of here. # # I was born in a thunderstorm. I grew up overnight. # I played alone. # I played on my own. I survived, # Hey, I wanted everything I never had, # like the love that comes with light. # I wore envy and I hated that, but I survived. # I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go, # where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever # grow. No hope, just lies. # And you're taught to cry in your pillow. # But I survived. I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing, # I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing. # I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive. # I found solace in the strangest place way in the back of my mind. # I saw my life in a stranger's face and it was mine. # I had a one-way ticket to a place where all the demons go, # where the wind don't change and nothing in the ground can ever grow. # No hope, just lies. And you're taught to cry in your pillow. # But I survived. I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing. # I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing. # I'm alive, # I'm alive, # I'm alive, # I'm alive. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. You took it all, # but I'm still breathing. You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. I have made every single # mistake that you could ever possibly make. # I took and I took and I took what you gave. # But you never noticed # that I was in pain. I knew what I wanted. I went in and got it. # Did all the things that you said that I wouldn't. # I told you that I would never be forgotten. # And all in spite of you. And I'm still breathing, # I'm still breathing, and I'm still breathing, I'm still breathing. totally forgot the word# I'm alive. You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # I'm alive. You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. I'm alive. # You took it all, but I'm still breathing. # I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive. # (THE VERONICAS SING KYLIE MINOGUE'S 'OUT OF MY HEAD') # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # I just can't get you out of my head. # Boy, your lovin' is all I think about. # I just can't get you out of my head. Boy, it's more that I dare to # think about. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. I just can't get you # out of my head. Boy, your lovin is all I think about. I just can't get # you out of my head. Boy, it's more that I dare to think about. # Every night, every day. # Just to be there in your arms. # Won't you stay. Won't you stay. # Stay forever and ever and ever. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # La la la, la la la la la. # I just can't get you out of my head. # Boy, your lovin' is all I think about. # I just can't get you out of my head. # Boy, it's more than I dare to think about. # There's a dark secret in me. Don't leave me lost in your arms. # Set me free, feel the need in me. # Set me free. # Stay forever and ever and ever. # I didn't mind that rendition at all. (KATIE NOONAN'S 'XANADU' PLAYS) # A place where nobody dared to go. # The love that we came to know. # They call it Xanadu. # And now open your eyes and see what we # have made is real. # We are in Xanadu. A million lights are dancing. # And there you are, a shooting star. # An everlasting world, # and you're here with me, eternally Xanadu, Xanadu. # Now we are here in Xanadu, Xanadu, Xanadu. # Now we are here in Xanadu, Xanadu. # Your neon lights will shine for you, Xanadu. # The love that echoes # of long ago. You needed the world to know they are in Xanadu. # The dream that came through a million years # lived on through all the tears. # It came to Xanadu. # A million lights are dancing, and there you are, a shooting star. # An everlasting world, and you're here with me. # Eternally Xanadu, Xanadu. # Now we are here in Xanadu, # Xanadu, Xanadu. # Now we are here in Xanadu, Xanadu. Your neon lights will shine # Now we are here in Xanadu, Xanadu. Your neon lights will shine # for you, Xanadu. # (EMMA DONOVAN SINGS EMELI SANDE'S 'NEXT TO ME') # YOU WON'T FIND HIM DRINKING ON THE TABLES # ROLLIN' DICE OR STAYIN' OUT TILL THREE # YOU WON'T EVER FIND HIM BEING UNFAITHFUL # YOU WILL FIND HIM, YOU'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # YOU WON'T FIND HIM TRYING TO CHASE THE DEVIL # FOR MONEY, FAME, FOR POWER, OUT OF GRIEF # YOU WON'T EVER FIND HIM WHERE THE REST GO # YOU WILL FIND HIM, YOU'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # YOU WILL FIND HIM, YOU'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # WHEN THE MONEY'S SPENT AND ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE VANISHED # AND I CAN'T SEEM TO FIND NO HELP OR LOVE FOR FREE # I KNOW THERE'S NO NEED FOR ME TO PANIC # CAUSE I'LL FIND HIM, I'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # WHEN THE SKIES ARE GRAY AND ALL THE DOORS ARE CLOSING # AND THE RISING PRESSURE MAKES IT HARD TO BREATHE # WHEN ALL I NEED'S A HAND TO STOP THE TEARS FROM FALLING # I WILL FIND HIM, I'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # YOU WILL FIND HIM, YOU'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # WHEN THE END HAS COME AND BUILDINGS FALLING DOWN FAST # WHEN WE SPOILT THE LAND AND DRIED UP ALL THE SEA # WHEN EVERYONE HAS LOST THEIR HEADS AROUND US # YOU WILL FIND HIM, YOU'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # YOU WILL FIND HIM, YOU'LL FIND HIM NEXT TO ME # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # NEXT TO ME, OH # Please give it up for this evening's concert line-up. We have reached the end of the closing ceremony. Whoever you are and wherever you are watching we send you our love. From all of us here on the Gold Coast, good night everyone. Now the final act of the closing ceremony. ('PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART' PLAYS) # THINK OF YOUR FELLOW MAN. LEND HIM A HELPING HAND. # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # YOU SEE IT'S GETTING LATE. # OH, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE. # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # AND THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE, # AND THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU AND ME. # YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE. # ANOTHER DAY GOES BY, # AND STILL THE CHILDREN CRY. # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # IF YOU WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW # WE WON'T LET HATRED GROW, # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # AND THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE. # AND THE WORLD WILL BE # A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU AND ME. # YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE. # TAKE A GOOD LOOK AROUND, # AND IF YOU'RE LOOKIN' DOWN, # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # I HOPE WHEN YOU DECIDE, # KINDNESS WILL BE YOUR GUIDE. # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # AND THE WORLD WILL # BE A BETTER PLACE, # AND THE WORLD WILL BE # A BETTER PLACE FOR YOU AND ME. # YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE. # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR HEART. # # Put a little love in your heart. # # put a little love in your heart. # put a little love in your heart. # Put a little love in your heart. # (JENNY-MAY SPEAKS MAORI) and that concludes the coverage of the 21st Commonwealth Games across the screens of TV NZ. Until another four years, thank you for watching. This is Peter Williams with Jenny May Clarkson. Good night. Captions by Catherine de Chalain, Virginia Philp, Imogen Staines and Faith Hamblyn. Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. Copyright Able 2018