Waitangi Day 2020: The call of the pūtatara
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Nuwyne Te Awe Awe Mohi, the kaikaranga stands to the right of Warren Warbrick (Te Awe Awe) who is playing a pūtatara - a traditional trumpet at the start of a ceremony to raise flags on Waitangi Day in Te Marae o Hine (The Square), Palmerston North. In the distance, city councillors Brent Barrett, Renee Dingwall, Lorna Johnson; Mayor Grant Smith at the second flagpole; Todd Taiepa, Wiremu Te Awe Awe and Nuwyne's son Rakena at the third flagpole; Hon Lees-Galloway at the fourth flagpole.
The ceremony began at 9am and included speeches by Wiremu Kingi Te Awe Awe, Grant Smith - Mayor of Palmerston North, and Hon Iain Lees-Galloway - MP for Palmerston North. The flags raised were the bright red Tanenuiarangi, flanked by the Palmerston North City Council and New Zealand flags.
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- February 6, 2020
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- Virginia Warbrick
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- Te Marae o Hine
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- waitangi day
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- city councillors
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- te marae o hine
- the square
- waitangi day