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Scooter70
February 6th, 2006, 07:36 AM
My Dilbert calendar tells me that it's Waitangi Day in New Zealand. Can anyone tell me what it's all about?








(Yes, it's a slow day at the office today. Everyone must be off celebrating.)

eboggs_jkvl
February 6th, 2006, 07:44 AM
All the guys go out and lay bait around to trap the Waitangi. It doesn't cook up well but it really is a challenge to trap. When they do catch one, they pluck a feather from it and add it to their ceremonial Waitangi headdress for the tribal dance on the full moon! All quite fun actually!

Scooter70
February 6th, 2006, 08:11 AM
Mmmmm... tasty Waitangi. Have one for me. :hihi:

Click here to see what a Waitangi looks like (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waitangi_day). ;)

Blacky
February 6th, 2006, 08:57 AM
All the guys go out and lay bait around to trap the Waitangi. It doesn't cook up well but it really is a challenge to trap. When they do catch one, they pluck a feather from it and add it to their ceremonial Waitangi headdress for the tribal dance on the full moon! All quite fun actually!
:muahaha:, But seriously.. its probably the opposite of Independance Day. Its the day NZ was overrun by the Pakeha (white man).

" Waitangi Day commemorates the signing of a treaty at Waitangi on 6 February 1840 by a group of Maori chiefs and the British Government, represented by Lieutenant-Governor Hobson. The treaty was subsequently signed by other Maori chiefs in various locations throughout the country. "

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/treaty/

Paul