GAMES SPIRIT
c\.Z. Press Association) WAITANGI, Feb. 6. Referring to the Government’s decision to declare Waitangi Dav as New Zealand Day, the Queen said in her speech at Waitangi this evening that New’ Zealand Day “symbolises this spirit of mutual respect for all cultures and the continuing search for understanding between them.” “We have seen this spirit in action at the Commonwealth Games,” she said. "Superb facilities and generous hospitality were provided by the people of Christchurch and it was obvious that they, and indeed all New’ Zealanders, were proud to be the hosts and glad to welcome so many visitors to their city and their country.” In an apparent reply to criticism that the Games closing ceremony got out of hand, the Queen said: “No-one who saw the athletes and the officials circling the track at the end of the Games, all barriers forgotten in genuine friendship, could doubt the real value of such gatherings.”
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33453, 7 February 1974, Page 1
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