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Ngāti Kahungunu Waitangi Day festival

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Ngāti Kahungunu Waitangi Day festival

Hawke’s Bay has a high Māori population – 24.2% compared with 14.9% for New Zealand as a whole. Festivals based on dates and events important to Māori, such as Waitangi Day and Matariki, are popular in the region.

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Source: Statistics New Zealand

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Kerryn Pollock, Hawke’s Bay region – Society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/23945/ngati-kahungunu-waitangi-day-festival (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 22 January 2010, updated 1 July 2015.