Inside the Ngāi Tahu Treaty Festival
As the sun shone on the Ngāi Tahu Treaty Festival on the Otago Peninsula, the hundreds who attended were reminded of how different that would have been in 1840.
That’s because when the treaty was signed at Ōtākou it was done so in the middle of winter, on June 13, Ōtākou Rūnaka upoko Edward Ellison said.
“It is much better to have a gathering in the summer like this.’’
The iwi established a festival held at the three marae closest to where Te Tiriti was signed. This year it was the turn of Ōtākou – where the weather hovered around 20 degrees.
Link to video and article: Bigger, better (and warmer): Inside the Ngāi Tahu Treaty Festival | Stuff.co.nz
