Waitangi Day Events
Posted in Entertainment by Lee Suckling on February 4th, 2009
Ready for a weekend of national pride? It’s Waitangi Day
weekend at the end of the week, meaning three days off for every New Zealander and a vast array of cultural activities happening around the country.
The Ministry of Culture and Heritage has allocated $276,500 of Government funding for Waitangi Day events throughout New Zealand. These grants, given to encourage Kiwis to participate in our national day, will fund 63 official events throughout the country.
Ranging from multicultural community festivals to formal dawn karakia, the full list of events can be found at the Ministry of Culture and Heritage website.
The biggest event as always will be the official Waitangi Commemorations Committee ceremony in the namesake Northland location, with a program of events including dawn karakia, flag raising, waka karakia, sports events, 21 gun salute, waka ki uta and a sunset ceremony. This programme received the most funding of all Waitangi Day events with $82,000 allocated to it.
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