Celebrating Waitangi Day?

February 6th means a national holiday of celebration (?) next Friday.

How times and attitudes have changed so rapidly…

Above photo of TRM’s assistant laundry staff on a paddling instruction course before Waitangi Day a few years ago. It must have spooked the ancient spirits. The next day, Waitangi Day, during the ceremonial arrival, the canoe was swamped and sunk. So we have never been back in case I was recognised and blamed…

SWMBO was completing job interviews with some other local characters at Waitangi. Their astonishing over-reaction could have been predicted. They were suffering from shock after hearing about the long arduous hours She expected them to work, to match Her laundry assistant…