No pressure: Just New Zealand Festival's most-ambitious openingNEW ZEALAND FESTIVAL A Waka Odyssey, involving ocean-going waka arriving from around New Zealand and the Pacific Ocean, is due to kick off the New Zealand Festival on Friday. It is hard to believe she is on the verge - hopefully - of pulling off a New Zealand Festival opening of an unprecedented scale. ANDRE CHUMKO/STUFF The fleet of Pacific sailing waka docked in Port Ahuriri in Napier on Wednesday. Supplied Anna Marbrook is one of the creators and writers of A Waka Odyssey, which is opening the 2018 New Zealand Festival. The haka was written specifically for the Wellington region and will be performed by 1000 people for the opening of the NZ Festival as the waka arrive to the harbour.

Source: Stuff February 20, 2018 21:00 UTC