Waitangi Day is celebrated every year in New Zealand on 6 February. The date marks marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 in which representatives of the British Crown and over 500 Maori chiefs signed what is New Zealand’s founding document. The day was first officially commemorated in 1934, and it has been a public holiday since 1974.
For many New Zealander's Waitangi Day is another summer statutory holiday; for others, especially for Maori, it is the occasion for reflecting on the Treaty.
On Waitangi Day we had the day off and headed to the park. It was a beautiful and windy Wellington summer day.
This is a test: Here is a link to some more photos!
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