The opening concert started with a powhiri from the tangata whenua. |
She said the school's pupils, who are busy practicing the powhiri for the event, would be playing an active part in the celebrations. |
There was a lot of waiting around as the Prime Minister's party arrived for the powhiri. |
The powhiri on the next morning will be followed by a dedication of the school's memorial with the addition of further soldiers' names. |
At this point they begin to move into the meeting house where speeches and songs complete the powhiri. |
He and his jubilant teammates landed at Auckland Airport yesterday morning to a rapturous crowd of supporters and a heart-warming Maori powhiri. |