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Saturday 6 February 2010

HAPPY WAITANGI DAY NEW ZEALAND

I posted the following entry last year but wanted to re-post as today is Waitangi Day. I'm lucky enough to have the day to chill out but Steve has to work. Will be watching NZ play in the Rugby Sevens later. They are top of the table so far and I'm pretty confident they will be staying there for a while. Woohoo!

HAPPY WAITANGI DAY NZ!


Captain William Hobson arrived in the Bay of Islands in 1840 to make a treaty with the Maori chiefs on behalf of the British Government.

On February 6th 1840, 42 chiefs signed the Treaty in front of the Residency of Waitangi. Copies of the Treaty were carried around the country and by September, over 500 chiefs had signed it.

The Treaty is an agreement between two peoples to live and work together as one nation. However, debate still continues to this day in NZ over the Treaty's interpretation.



THE BEACH WHERE THE CAPTAIN LANDED



HASN'T CHANGED MUCH HAS IT?



A FLAGSTAFF WAS ERECTED AT THE PLACE THE TREATY WAS SIGNED








COPY OF THE TREATY OF WAITANGI

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9 comments:

  1. Maude Lynn6 February 2010 at 10:24

    Beautiful blue sky!

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  2. KB6 February 2010 at 15:05

    Yeah, it was a hot day.

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  3. Whitesnake6 February 2010 at 19:47

    Karma is a wonderful thing.....The more ee oar ees had the land taken off em by the maoris and the white fellas brought it off of them.........now they want it back?
    wtf!

    Nicely done babe xxxx

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  4. NR7 February 2010 at 02:10

    What a confusing treaty!!

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  5. KB7 February 2010 at 10:41

    Naz - Looks that way.

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  6. buffalodick8 February 2010 at 07:10

    That is an interesting fact generally unknown over here...

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  7. Marja9 February 2010 at 15:57

    We didn't celebrate it this year.
    Kiwies are not big party animals as there is not much organised on this day. In Holland when we have queens birthday for example than everything and everybody is orange and in every town there is heaps of festivities

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  8. KB11 February 2010 at 20:02

    Buff - Glad I could educate you :)

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  9. KB11 February 2010 at 20:12

    Maja - Steve and I were discussing this too. The day seems to be a non event for many Kiwis. I think previous years clebrations have much to do with this. I'm hoping this will improve with time.

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