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Waitangi Day 2015

Kia ora. We hope you enjoy Aotearoa’s national day – Waitangi Day (Friday 6 February).  All our libraries are closed, but the Digital Library is open and there is plenty of Waitangi-related material to explore.

Rapaki Marae citizenship ceremony.  Photo supplied by Christchurch City Council. Flickr: 2014-02-06-Citizenship6Feb2014PR-0111

Explore our pages:

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Waitangi Day
• Tī Kōuka Whenua is a guide to the Māori history of Ōtautahi.
• Te Kerēme – a selective index to the Ngāi Tahu claim.

Information for kids:

• The Treaty for kids has information on local Treaty signings and more.
• A page on Waitangi Day has a history of how it is celebrated. Otautahi’s Mayor Lianne Dalziel explains what Waitangi Day means to her.
• There is a handy timeline of Treaty-related events.

Snowden, James Robert, 1904-1982. Creator unknown: Photograph of Apirana Ngata taking the lead in a haka on Waitangi Day at the centennial celebrations at Waitangi, taken by Bert Snowden. Ref: 1/2-029794-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22311984

And have a look at DigitalNZ sets Te Tiriti of Waitangi and Treaty of Waitangi.