Waitangi Day marks the most significant moment in this country’s history when representatives of the British Crown and Māori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, Northland.
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7 Maori waka (canoes) arrived in Canterbury, New Zealand 800 years ago.
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Tranquillity is the beauty of Banks Peninsula, Christchurch.
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The Okains Bay Maori and Colonial Museum is a collection of buildings containing 20,000 Maori and 19th-century colonial art crafts, including waka (canoes) used in Waitangi Day celebrations and displays such as a smithy and print shop.
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Maori wooden carving and painting
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Hangi - Maori traditional food baked underground, including meat, seafood, taro, potato, sweet potato, etc.
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Hundreds of Canterburians, including New Zealand wizard attend the celebration on Waitangi Day on Okains Bay.
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Pakeha (Maori name of European in New Zealand) join in Maori descents and paddle a waka, presenting the historic moment when 7 Maori waka were arriving in Canterbury coastline from Polynesia via Pacific Ocean 800 years ago.
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Waka is supported by a junior boat.
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The world well-known movie Whale Rider increases the public's interest in Maori culture.
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No matter you are Maori or migrants, men or women, adults or children, just jump into the waka and give it a go. NEW experiments and rules take place as this is NEW ZEALAND.
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It is said that Maori originally came from China thousands of years ago. Believe it or not.
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This humble man is the organizer and volunteer of the celebration event on Waitangi Day in Okains Bay.
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Maori hand-carved sculpture
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Maori warrior protects Maori Marae
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weather van - Maori canoes in Pacific Ocean
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Maori people used to use these simple canoes for transport and fishing.
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Ellen and Amelia attend the Waitangi Day celebration on 6 February 2005.
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Swimming or surfing in Okains Bay is the perfect relaxation after Waitangi Day celebration.
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The new-planted American pine trees on Okains Bay are always the debate - whether they increase or damage the natural beauty there.
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Summer sunset is viewed on the way back to Christchurch from Okains Bay.
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