November 01, 2022
Waitangi at Waititi back on track
Waitangi at Waititi is back.
The Waipareira Trust-organised concert at Hoani Waititi Marae in West Auckland has become one of the largest Waitangi Day events in terms of attendance, but it couldn’t go ahead the past two years because of Covid-219.
Trust chief executive John Tamihere says up to 50,000 people have attended the free concert in past years.
“Its a matter of putting on a concert for our whanau who in the normal course of events can’t afford to take their whanau to a fee-paying concert so you bring everything into town on the one day. It’s about celebrating our marae and who we are on a great day,” he says.