New Zealand Day celebrations
The first New Zealand Day tomorrowwill be celebrated throughout the country as well as in New Zealand diplomatic posts overseas.
Made law in the form of • the New Zealand Day Act, 1973, the day is a new annual (paid holiday. [ The celebrations which will be held at Waitangi will commemorate the sovereignty symbolised by the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, 134 years ago. The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Princess Anne, and Captain Mark Phillips will attend the celebrations. These i will include the traditional; involvement of the Maori: people and the Navy to com-1 memorate the part played by ■ these groups during the sign- ( ing of the treaty in 1840. Those present at the first; New Zealand Day celebrations — as well as a large television audience — will be ( entertained by an historical; pageant “Aotearoa” which ( which will portray the; growth of New Zealand from: the arrival of the Maori people until the present day.; After the pageant the naval > band will Beat the Retreat and the Prime Minister (Mr Kirk) will make an address. This will be followed by an address from the Queen and the unfurling of the New Zealand flag for the first time on the flagstaff at Waitangi.
Until now the Union Jack has always been flown from that flagstaff.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33451, 5 February 1974, Page 12
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