Waikato celebrates Waitangi weekend with community events in Hamilton
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- 03 Feb 2023
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The Waikato is the place to be this Waitangi Day (well, apart from Waitangi itself, of course) as Hamilton is celebrating the day with free community events.
There will be live music, kapa haka, food stalls, film screenings, guided tours and harakeke [flax] weaving demonstrations.
The Waikato Museum will be the centre of the action in Hamilton.
Waikato Museum’s director of museum and art Liz Cotton says the museum, which also carries the name Te Whare Taonga o Waikato, is a proudly bicultural organisation.
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The museum will be screening the 2022 biopic 'Whina' for free for Waitangi Day.
“We strive to meet our responsibilities of partnership under Te Tiriti o Waitangi and provide kaitiakitanga and manaakitanga for our collections, our people, and our communities. Waitangi Day provides another opportunity for us continue engaging in these important conversations,” Cotton says.
The festival will open with a kapa haka performance by Te Waiora o Waikato, a group affiliated with the University of Waikato, on the museum forecourt at 1pm.
A lineup of local musicians will play live music on an outdoor stage throughout the afternoon. Read More…
