Waitangi day
Waitangi day is a day when Maori people and New Zealand people get to celebrate. Also what people do for Waitangi in New Zealand is that kids get day off from school and adults get a day off from work. The meaning of Waitangi is water and cry. Wai is water and tagi is cry.
Discussion from water issues ,citizenship, diversity and the Treaty will be highlights of this year’s Waitangi Day commemoration festivities. A special New Zealand Citizenship ceremony will also take place on the day, presided over by Christchurch Mayor, Lianne Dalziel.
The public invited to attend the onuku event. Festivals of Waitangi will start at 9.am awesome M aori tradition pōwhiri for manuhiri guests following by refreshment before beginning the program keynote speakers.
The day will include the market stalls, and coffee and seafood vans and people are encouraged to come along and join in a relaxed fun day.
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