Waitangi Day in Tauranga (2017)

Date2017DescriptionWaitangi Day in Tauranga was commemorated with a dawn service at Hopukiore (Mount Drury) on Monday 6 February 2017 from 6am. At 6.30am the Ratana Band played before a whakatau (welcome) and singing of the hymn 'Aue e Ihu' followed by an opening karakia, church blessing and hymn 'He Honore'. Civic leaders spoke from 7am followed by an open forum and the national anthem. The Waiata International Group were followed by rangatahi (youth) speakers, a closing karakia, the hymn 'Whakaria Mai', the Rantana Band and hakari (breakfast) at Whareroa Marae for kaumatua / kuia and dignitaries. Photograph by Lee Switzer. Please note: Originally uploaded to the Tauranga Memories website (2011-2020), into the Tauranga Local History basket, or focus group, by Tauranga City Libraries staff (Debbie McCauley), on February 14, 2017. Its original URL was: http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/en/tauranga_local_history/images/show/12156 and its original license was: Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International. Sometimes images contributed to Tauranga Memories by the community were uploaded by a library staff member. If this has resulted in your photographs being mis-attributed to a staff member, please let us know so we can correct this.The original Tauranga Memories site also sometimes collected the following (blank where empty): First name: Surname: Place of birth: Date of birth: City: Tauranga, New Zealand Year: 2017 Photographer/CreatorSwitzer, Lee

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