Waitangi Marae Chairman and Waitangi Day 2017 co-ordinator Ngati Kawa Taituha complains of "unauthorised individuals" writing to the Prime Minister "regarding the co-ordination of the Prime Minister's Treaty Commemorations Powhiri". I want now the elderly people to take control of Waitangi Day ... Related Content Rodney Hide: Bring on the driverless cars Rodney Hide: Winston Peters has skin in the game Rodney Hide: 140 characters on Twitter so revealingIt's not dignified and it's not acceptable to have a solemn ceremony and the representatives of our nation so repeatedly besmirched. And to be threatening the Government over what it can and can't do in the lead-up to Waitangi Day. For these reasons no Prime Minister should attend Waitangi Day celebrations at Waitangi.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 14, 2017 16:07 UTC