Out and About: Waitangi Day 2023

Social photos from a Waitangi Day family fun day at Pine Park, Murray Bridge on Sunday.

Feb 6

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Having fun at a Waitangi Day event in Murray Bridge are 1. Timothy Tahitahi and Stephen Kingi. 2. Koro Lyell-Kaaho and Ron Layton. 3. McKenzy Marsh-Whakarua, who had just hit the jackpot on a sideshow, and Francis Mikara. 4. Brandon Taylor and Shakaya, Rogan and Noah Holland. 5. Lynn Hoffman, Laura Winslow and Sally. 6. Shelly Long and Natasha, Ken and Jordan Sumner. 7. Steve Kelsen, Zali Tahitahi and Mark Brown-Tahitahi. 8. Kitana Marsters, Dawn Matthews and Asia and Armani Marsters. 9. Jasmine Tahitahi and Ulani Thompson. Photos: Peri Strathearn.

Members of the Murraylands’ Maori and New Zealander community have come together to celebrate the national day of Australia’s next-door neighbours: Waitangi Day.

Hundreds of people munched on hangi, kina or fried rewena bread at Pine Park on Sunday while stallholders sold everything from Warriors jerseys to raffle tickets.

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