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Waitangi Day Celebration at Okains Bay, Christchurch NZ
2009.02.06
Waitangi Day, New Zealand National Day, marks the most significant moment in New Zealand's history when representatives of the British Crown and MÄori Chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840 at Waitangi in the Bay of Islands, Northland. In 2009, the nationwide celebrations bring Maori and non-Maori together in a respectful spirited mood.
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Waitangi Day, New Zealand National Day, marks the most significant moment in New Zealand'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. In 2009, the nationwide celebrations bring Maori and non-Maori together in a respectful spirited mood.
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Okains Bay in Banks Peninsula, 90minutes drive from Christchurch city, is an especially great place to celebrate Waitangi Day.
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Okains Bay in Banks Peninsula, 90minutes drive from Christchurch city, is an especially great place to celebrate Waitangi Day.
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Unlike four years ago, you have to queue for 30minutes and pay Waitangi Day entry fee village and museum: adult NZ$6, child NZ$2.
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Unlike four years ago, you have to queue for 30minutes and pay Waitangi Day entry fee village and museum: adult NZ$6, child NZ$2.
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weather van - Maori canoes in Pacific Ocean
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weather van - Maori canoes in Pacific Ocean
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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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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 carved face
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Maori wooden carved face
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Waitangi Day 2009 brought together people of different backgrounds at Okains Bay.
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Waitangi Day 2009 brought together people of different backgrounds at Okains Bay.
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Powhiri - Maori welcome ceremony
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Powhiri - Maori welcome ceremony
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Hongi - Maori greetings by pressing noses and breath of life is exchanged and intermingled.
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Hongi - Maori greetings by pressing noses and breath of life is exchanged and intermingled.
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27 people from UK, Samoa, Malaysia, etc take New Zealand citizenship certificates from Bob Parker, Christchurch Mayor on Waitangi Day.
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27 people from UK, Samoa, Malaysia, etc take New Zealand citizenship certificates from Bob Parker, Christchurch Mayor on Waitangi Day.
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The new-entitled kiwis are also given a native plant each as a token of new root in New Zealand.
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The new-entitled kiwis are also given a native plant each as a token of new root in New Zealand.
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After 3 hours steam cooking, the locals and visitors dig out the hangi site.
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After 3 hours steam cooking, the locals and visitors dig out the hangi site.
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Hangi - Maori traditional food baked underground.
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Hangi - Maori traditional food baked underground.
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delicious healthy Maori kai
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delicious healthy Maori kai
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Today's kai (food in Maori language) includes lamb, beef, chicken, carrot, potato, sweet potato and pumpkin, at NZ$10 per person.
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Today's kai (food in Maori language) includes lamb, beef, chicken, carrot, potato, sweet potato and pumpkin, at NZ$10 per person.
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The Maori flag (black and red) and the cabbage trees remind you of the Land of Long White Cloud (Aotearoa, New Zealand).
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The Maori flag (black and red) and the cabbage trees remind you of the Land of Long White Cloud (Aotearoa, New Zealand).
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Pakeha navy and soldiers also attend the Waitangi Day celebration.
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Pakeha navy and soldiers also attend the Waitangi Day celebration.
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What the Maori descendants think of their rights and responsibiliies in terms of seashore, mountains, forests, Maori language and their own culture?
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What the Maori descendants think of their rights and responsibiliies in terms of seashore, mountains, forests, Maori language and their own culture?
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Despite of rugby, kiwi bird is the most popular national identification of New Zealand.
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Despite of rugby, kiwi bird is the most popular national identification of New Zealand.
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Face-painting is one of children's top choices in Waitangi Day celebration.
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Face-painting is one of children's top choices in Waitangi Day celebration.
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Silly Milly, a junior balloom maker definitely catch girls' attention.
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Silly Milly, a junior balloom maker definitely catch girls' attention.
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Pakeha (Maori name for European in New Zealand) join in Maori descents and paddle a waka(Maori carved canoe), 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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Pakeha (Maori name for European in New Zealand) join in Maori descents and paddle a waka(Maori carved canoe), 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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Can you imagine what kind of welcome the Maori pioneers had received when they first reached this land?
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Can you imagine what kind of welcome the Maori pioneers had received when they first reached this land?
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The world well-known movie Whale Rider increases the public's interest in Maori culture. Traditionly only men are allowed to paddle a waka.
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The world well-known movie Whale Rider increases the public's interest in Maori culture. Traditionly only men are allowed to paddle a waka.
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Swimming in Okains Bay is the perfect relaxation after Waitangi Day celebration.
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Swimming in Okains Bay is the perfect relaxation after Waitangi Day celebration.
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Can New Zealanders draw strength from the principles embodied in the Treaty of Waitangi and move forward to the right direction?
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Can New Zealanders draw strength from the principles embodied in the Treaty of Waitangi and move forward to the right direction?
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