Xe ô tô Ngày Waitangi 2023

Event organisers of Te Anau’s week-long Waitangi Day celebrations are excited to provide an event where locals and visitors to the region can come together to acknowledge and celebrate a shared identity

Te Anau and Manapouri communities will mark Waitangi Day 2023 with a week-long programme of cross-cultural events

The event is organised by Te Anau Waitangi Charitable Trust was formally established in 2021 to build on the success of previous Waitangi Day events in the basin

In karakia and prayers, politicians and other leaders challenged the country to build trust and understanding

  • Listen to RNZ's special Waitangi programme here
  • Follow RNZ's live blog for all the action from the Treaty Grounds

Here's how the morning unfolded (in pictures)

Xe ô tô Ngày Waitangi 2023

Te Whare Runanga is lit up as hundreds gather in the dark before it on the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Photo. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Photo. RNZ/Jane Patterson

Photo. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Photo. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Flags fly at half mast on the Treaty grounds at Waitangi. Photo. RNZ/Ella Stewart

The crowd moves to the open field where the flag is being raised as dawn rises. Photo. RNZ/Ella Stewart

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaking at the Waitangi dawn service. Photo. RNZ/ Ella Stewart

National's Shane Reti said. "Unity and love towards one another". Photo. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Act Party leader David Seymour asked for light and understanding, as well as prosperity, "though we'll probably settle for affordability". Photo. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Green Party Co-leader James Shaw speaking at the dawn service, asking for love and trust. Photo. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

RNZ's Julian Wilcox speaking with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins from the Waitangi grounds. Photo. RNZ/Ella Stewart

The waka flotilla passes along the estuary at Waitangi as it's welcomed to the beach by Te Tii marae.

Waka crews get ready to leave Hobson Bay shortly after dawn on Waitangi Day. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Waka crews get ready to leave Hobson Bay shortly after dawn on Waitangi Day. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Kiwi music legends from two contrasting eras - Don McGlashan and Troy Kingi - will headline a packed programme of entertainment, culture, arts and debate during the upcoming Waitangi Day festivities

McGlashan, who first rose to fame in the 1980s with Blam Blam Blam and cemented his reputation in the 1990s with the Muttonbirds, is now one of the elder statesmen of New Zealand rock

Kerikeri’s Troy Kingi, a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter whose genre-swapping career defies categorisation, emerged around 2013 and is halfway through an ambitious plan to release 10 albums in 10 genres in 10 years

Both will be performing on the Treaty Grounds main stage on the afternoon of February 6, Kingi from 2pm and McGlashan from 4pm

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Kingi and his band The Promises will perform songs from his latest 1980s synth-pop style album, Year of the Ratbags, while McGlashan will be backed by a star-studded band made up of members of the Phoenix Foundation, Blam Blam Blam and Dimmer

Also performing on the main stage will be Hātea Kapa Haka (12. 15pm), hiphop artist Melodownz (1. 10 giờ tối) và người chiến thắng Giải thưởng Âm nhạc Waiata Māori năm 2021 Paige (2 giờ chiều)

That is of course just a tiny sample of what’s happening during this year’s Waitangi festivities, spread over four days and five different sites

Those locations are Te Tii Waitangi Marae and the adjoining market, the Ngāti Rahiri Marae Komiti area (next to Shippey’s on the Waitangi Estuary waterfront), the sports field (opposite the Treaty Grounds entrance on the other side of Waitangi Bridge), the Waka Stage (at Hobson Bay) and the Upper Treaty Grounds

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Kiwi music legend Don McGlashan will perform on the Treaty Grounds main stage from 4pm on Waitangi Day

Each area has its own atmosphere and attractions

The action beings at Te Tii Marae on Friday, February 3, with a day of debate around the momentous stage two Te Paparahi o Te Raki report released by the Waitangi Tribunal in December

From 9am on Saturday, a lively three-day market gets under way on the campground next to Te Tii Marae with a wide range of kai, arts and information stalls, while Treaty discussions will continue in the forum tent

Tại sân khấu của Ủy ban Ngāti Rahiri Marae gần đó, cuộc tìm kiếm những nghệ sĩ biểu diễn hapū haka, waiata, hiphop và karaoke hàng đầu của năm 2023 sẽ bắt đầu lúc 9 giờ sáng Thứ Bảy và kéo dài đến Thứ Hai.

Northland’s own Troy Kingi will bring the sounds of his new 1980s synth-pop-influenced album to the Treaty Grounds on February 6. Photo / Tania Whyte

On Sunday the market and discussions will continue at Te Tii Marae with the addition of a Battle of the Orators from 4-6pm, while formalities will start at the Treaty Grounds at 11. 30am, when the current crop of Parliamentarians are welcomed at Te Whare Rūnanga (the carved meeting house)

The Royal New Zealand Navy will wind up the day’s events with a beat retreat at the flagpole at 4. 45 giờ chiều

Monday’s festivities will start with the traditional dawn ceremony at Te Whare Rūnanga at 6am and flag-raising with a Scottish piper at 6. 30 giờ sáng

One of the highlights of Waitangi Day of recent years - the Prime Minister’s Breakfast, in which MPs fired up the barbecues and literally served the people - has sadly been cancelled due to security concerns and extremist threats

Around 9am a fleet of waka will put on a display off Tii Beach, in front of Te Tii Marae. One of Northland’s greatest spectacles, the display will also be shown on large screens at the Treaty Grounds for those who can’t make it down to the beach in time

The Waitangi Day waka display and the paddlers’ mass haka on Tii Beach are among Northland’s greatest spectacles. Photo / Michael Cunningham

Crowds and conditions permitting, the kaihoe (paddlers) may perform a mass haka on the beach. It will be high tide so spectator space on the sand will be minimal - the best views will likely be from the waterfront Te Karuwha Parade

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That will be followed by a church service at 10am in Te Whare Rūnanga and a 21-gun Navy salute at the flagpole at noon, before the show starts on the Treaty Grounds main stage

Meanwhile, the Waka Stage will feature cultural performances, a talent quest with cash prizes and the Waitangi Waka Kapa Haka Super 12 from 10am-4pm

Mukai Hura inspires the paddlers ahead of a mass haka on Tii Beach. Photo / John Stone

The sports field will be packed with food, craft and information stalls as well as free children’s rides

A beat retreat and ceremonial sunset will wrap up commemorations at the Treaty Grounds flagpole at 5pm

■ There’s way too much happening to list it all here. Truy cập www. ca hát. tổ chức. nz/whats-on/waitangi-day for the full programme

What is Waka Waitangi Day?

The waka is launched every year in February as part of Waitangi Day commemorations . Kupe, người khám phá huyền thoại của New Zealand đã chèo thuyền wakahourua (waka hai thân) tên là Matawhaorua. Following his return to the Pacific from New Zealand, his grandson Nukutawhiti later re-adzed the waka.

What happened on Waitangi Day 2023?

Large crowds gathered at Waitangi this morning to commemorate the 183rd anniversary of the Treaty . In karakia and prayers, politicians and other leaders challenged the country to build trust and understanding.

Why do people oppose Waitangi Day?

Activists initially called for greater recognition of the treaty, but by the early 1980s, they were also arguing that it was a fraud and the means by which Pākehā had conned Māori out of their land. Attempts were made by groups, including the Waitangi Action Committee, to halt the commemorations

What is Waitangi Day and why do we celebrate it?

Every year on 6 February – Waitangi Day – people of all communities and backgrounds gather at Waitangi to commemorate the first signing of New Zealand's founding document. Hiệp ước Waitangi, ngày 6 tháng 2 năm 1840 .