Waitangi Day has developed as a spectacle commemorating the historic meeting of Maori and British, but surely New Zealand now reflects a broader experience of citizenship?
replica breitling watchesMerdeka Day in Malaysia celebrates independence with colourful gatherings of all cultural groups that make up modern Malaysia. Australia Day celebrates all cultures in a happy
public display of nationhood. Our family will this month
celebrate 170 years of settlement in New Zealand. We are the
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links of london charmsKaiapoi Working Mens Club this Waitangi Day evening.
So why not make New Zealand/ Waitangi Day a celebration of cultural difference, be your ancestors Korean, African, Indian, American, etc?
MARY-JEAN McLAUCHLAN
Rangiora
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