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Wednesday February 8, 2017
OUT& Wellingtonians about brave wind on Waitangi Day
PHOTOS: Bella Photography By Rachel Binning
Members of Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Mokopuna in Seatoun deliver a powerful kapa haka performance.
Matt Connelly, Olivia Connelly, 9, Kath Taita Maori Watene (warden) - DJ Mackey and Inder and Maia Connelly, 6. Sannj Russell.
Several hundred hardy Wellingtons braved the determined wind on Waitangi Day. The day marked the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) New Zealand’s founding document on February 6 in 1840. Wellington City Council hosted Te Ra o Waitangi event at Waitangi Park on Monday with music, dance, craft and a diverse array of kai. Kiri Rikihana of Kupe Charitable Trust said “food is such a bridge to our curiosity”. The start of the event was punctuated with a 21-gun salute off Port Jerning-
ham marking the 177th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Kiri said Te Ra o Waitangi was “important to us as a way of providing visibility to our Maori culture and starting a conversation about how relevant it is to modern Aotearoa”. She said honoring how European settlement started with the treaty was important. Lena Meinders from Nga Hau E Whaa o Papararangi in Newlands suggested learning Te Reo Maori and Tea o Maori would bring New Zealanders together. “Open your eyes to each other – it makes us one people and that is New Zealanders,” she said.
Margaret Cross visiting from Wales joins Rachel Cooper, Roy Stephens, Sean Stephens, 12, Ginny Stephens, Frida Aidan Liang, 18 months, and Janus Liang for a wind Family time: Delia Culling, Dontay Palmer, 4, Sam Palmer, Stephens, 14, Madiba Cokataki, 9, and Nicky Beamish. and Layton Palmer, 1. swept outing.
Making traditional wahakura (pepi pod) to keep a baby safe during sleep: Dale Coosens and Vanessa Tanner of Te Roopu Raranga o Manaia. RIGHT: Wellington Mayor Justin Lester delivers his Waitangi Day welcome speech.
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