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Posts tagged Waitangi Park
Today in New Zealand International Arts Festival history: The Earth From Above (2006), Te Karakia (2008), & Michael James Manaia (2012)

A few different events today - a glimpse of the huge outdoor exhibition that opened Waitangi Park in 2006, Yann-Arthus Bertrand's photo series The Earth From Above, which I'd guess might be the Festival's biggest free event ever?  Certainly the biggest I saw, in my time!  It always seemed to be packed, and it was quite a large area - almost a shame it didn't become a permanent exhibition there.

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Today in New Zealand International Arts Festival history: Dawn Ceremonies! (2004 - 2012)

I'm cheating slightly on this post - these didn't all happen on Feb 21 each year (which is tomorrow anyway, of course!), but the Dawn Ceremony / Powhiri to welcome the visiting artists is such an integral part of the New Zealand International Arts Festival that it only makes sense to see images from them together in one place, really.

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