The Waitangi Festival is a family- friendly event free from smoking, Waitangi Festival 2021. vaping, alcohol and fizzy drinks. Thursday Waitangi Day - Saturday, 6 February (4 February) 9.15am Upper Treaty Grounds Main Stage Waka Stage Sports Field Area (Upper Treaty Grounds) (Lower Treaty Grounds) (Opposite the Treaty Grounds) Gate Opens (Hobson Memorial Gate) 5.00am Dawn ceremony 12.15pm 10.00am – 4.00pm 8.30am – 2.30pm 10.00am at Te Whare Rūnanga Anuanua Market stalls Tātou Tātou Pōwhiri for Cook Island dance troupe selling arts, craft and food (Ngati Hine FM Stage) Her Excellency The Rt. 6.30am Honourable Dame Patsy 12.55pm 12.05pm Working together for whānau with Flag raising ceremony Te Taitokerau health and education with bagpiper Bain McGregor Northland Hip Hop Reddy, Governor Mohi Allen – Soloist providers provide a full programme General of NZ Dance Group 7.30am 1.25pm of entertainment 11.45am BBQ breakfast DDF Dance Crew 12.30pm 9.00am – 4.00pm Gate Opens (Hobson Memorial Gate) served by the Prime Minister local Hip Hop dance group Mauriora Sounds – Market stalls selling and other Ministers Mauriora Shelford arts, craft and food 12.30pm 1.45pm Pōwhiri for Rt Hon 10.00am Te Puangarua Kapahaka 1.00pm 10.00am – 4.00pm Te Puangarua Kapahaka Jacinda Ardern Interdenominational 2.20pm Children’s fun rides Prime Minister of New Zealand church service 1.30pm and activities at Te Whare Rūnanga Hātea Kapahaka and Parliamentary colleagues Hātea Kapahaka including bouncy castles 3.30pm 11.30am Friday Royal NZ Navy Big Band Te Huaki Puanaki 2.00pm performance and Kapahaka Māori singer/songwriter Timberjack (5 February) Donoghue Project at the Flagstaff 4.10pm 4.00pm NZ Folk Rock Band 11.30am Illuminaati 1 Tau Henare Drive, Gate Opens (Hobson Memorial Gate) Waitangi, Bay of Islands NZDF Guard parades Homegrown local covers band 3.00pm Mohi Allen - Soloist www.waitangi.org.nz 4.45pm 5.45pm 12.00noon Royal NZ Navy Koko Jammaz 3.30pm Beat Retreat and Royal NZ Navy 21-gun salute and Brother Love DDF Dance Crew Ceremonial Sunset local Hip Hop dance group Navy band concert and marching 5.00pm followed by lowering of the flag. Royal NZ Navy On the Upper Treaty Grounds Beat Retreat and Ceremonial Sunset 5.15pm FINISH 6.45pm FINISH Waitangi Treaty Grounds is a no smoking area
Te Whare Rūnanga ~ Waitangi Day parking, shuttle Waitangi Treaty Grounds Carved Meeting House is a no smoking area buses and bridge closure. Waitangi 4.00am Dawn Ceremony parking at Haruru Falls Track carpark Golf Course (Waitangi side) and the Golf Club. Parking costs $5 per vehicle. A free shuttle bus runs continuously between the Golf Club and Te Whare Rūnanga ~ Flagstaff Carved Meeting House Treaty Grounds from 4am.
Waitangi 7.00am Waitangi Day parking available at Bledisloe Domain. Golf Course Parking costs $5 per vehicle. Buses will run continuously between Bledisloe Domain and Treaty Grounds from Area Closed Flagstaff 7am to 7pm. 8.00am Waitangi bridge closure Coffee Cart Hobson Memorial Gate Area Closed Ferry services. On Saturday 6th February Fullers GreatSights will be operating Coffee Cart a 4am ferry from Russell for the Dawn Ceremony. A Waitangi Hobson Memorial Gate pier stop will be included on the regular ferry services from Russell. Ferries depart Russell on the hour and Waitangi (to Area Closed Paihia) at 15 past the hour from 9.15am to 7.15pm. Admission fees. Area Closed 4th February: Normal admission fees apply. Free entry to the ain Upper Grounds (Hobson Memorial gate) from 9.15am until the tage conclusion of the pōwhiri for the Prime Minister.
Camelia Track ain 5th February: Normal admission fees apply until 4pm. tage Free entry from 4pm for Beat Retreat. Camelia Track 6th February: Free entry all day. The Waitangi Festival is a family friendly event, free from smoking, vaping, alcohol and fizzy drinks. The Waitangi Festival Programme is subject to change without notice.
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