Kōrero Iti – Waitangi 17/5

Date
4 February 2015, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location
Aratoi - Wesley Wing

SAVE THE DATE!
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4TH 2015

Freestyle presentation and panel discussion commemorating 175 years since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and what it means for our region now and in the future.

Please join us for a lively evening of discussion around the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi, what it means for Wairarapa, for Aotearoa New Zealand, acknowledging our histories and preparing for our future. 

6pm mix and mingle
6.30-7.30pm Kōrero Iti (each presenter to have 17 slides in 5 minutes)
Refreshment break
8pm onward panel discussion with audience participation
 
Participants include:

  •  Masterton Mayor Her Worship Lyn Patterson
  •  PJ Devonshire, Manager Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
  •  Murray Hemi, Historian, Treaty Settlement Stories, Ministry for Culture & Heritage
  •  Rangitāne O Wairarapa representative
  •  Nikki King, new New Zealand permanent resident seeking citizenship
  •  Anna Rossiter-Stead, Solway College student
  •  Ra Smith, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
  •  Rebecca Vergunst, Youth Leader Rangatahi tū Rangatira programme
  •  Gareth Winter, Historian, Wairarapa Archive
  •  Mena Antonio

MC for the event is Sam Rossiter-Stead, Communications Advisor at
Masterton District Council
 
PLEASE RSVP BY FEBRUARY 1 2015  to Trish Keogh  [email protected]
Koha donation at the door
Further Inquiries:
Alice Hutchison, Director
Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History
Corner Bruce and Dixon Street
Masterton
Tel: 06.370.0001

https://www.facebook.com/WaitangiDayMasterton

 

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