Happy Waitangi Day

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Jack dunks his bucket at Scorching Bay after workTreaty of WaitangiFor all Kiwi's the world over - have a cracker of a Waitangi Day, enjoy the sun (snow) and don't stress too much about the politics BUT do remember what it's all about.

To learn more check out info at Waitangi.net and Wikipedia.

If you're in London then you'll probably be wanting to go on the Waitangi Day pub crawl.

And there's oodles to do here in the summer sun of Wellington!

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