Waitangi Day Family Celebrations

05/02/2025

Stage & Screens - Ready
Mahons Thrill Rides - Ready
Event Site - Ready
We are ready!
Nau mai haere mai whāanau
9am to 5pm Thuirsday, 6 Feb Waitangi Day Family Celebrations. Free entry, free rides, bring your flags
10am Manaia’s Accoustic Jam
10.50 am Boot’s on the Ground Dance Routine: Te Ata Kura Huata Harawira
11am Hukarere Girls College. Sweet sounds of joy
11.15am Taikura Wonderful waiata of yesteryear
11.30am Te Aute College 100 strong. Our future leaders in the nation
11.45am Talitha Blake X Factor finalist
12pm Waitangi Day Ceremony to mark Te Tiriti o Waitangi
12.15pm Waimarama Marae Kapa Haka - 5 generations
12.30pm Red Bands The awesome gumboot sounds of Te Wairoa
12.50pm Boot’s on the Ground Dance Routine: Te Ata Kura Huata Harawira. Get your flags out & join the movement.
1pm Toku Parataito Cook Island Troupe. Takitumu alive on stage
1.15pm Mahinarangi Lawrence soloist Winner Waiata Maori Music Awards
1.30pm Te Whanau Puoro Band. Energy, passion, mana motu hake
1.45pm The Mighty Backx Trio Amazing harmonies
2pm Bay Batucada Throbbing samba druns of Brazil
2.15pm Candescence See to believe
2.30 Te Manawa Fusion - Maori, Indian, Samoan dance
2.45pm Faiealili Samoan Group 100+ strong
3pm Rude Boyz Reggae Tribute for Bob Marley's Birthday
4pm Close
Funded by Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi, Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga, Ministry of Culture & Heritage

03/02/2025

Here’s a quick FAQ to help get you ready for Waitangi Day Family Celebration!

While some stalls may offer EFTPOS, we recommend bringing cash just in case. You can also buy $5 coupons from Ngati Kahungunu Iwi stall next to the stage. No service fees. You can use these at all other stalls.

With 50+ stalls spread across the main arena, there’s plenty to explore and heaps of shade in the grandstand!

We have two outdoor screens for close up action on stage.

It's going to be epic, it's free entry, free parking & free Mahons Thrill rides. Performers line up tomorrow.

02/02/2025

Waitangi Day Family Celebrations, 9am to 4pm Thursday 6 Feb Mitre10 Park Hawke's Bay, Percival Rd, Hastings.

Free entry, Free parking, great kai, great entertainment, free Mahons Rides. The forecast is for fine, cloudy day @ 23 degrees.

50+ stalls in the marketplace. Get ready for a great line-up of entertainment. This will be posted on Wed 5 Feb

03/02/2024

Te Whānau Puoro Awesome rangatahi band. National winners of National Smokefree Tangata Beats 2023.
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Heretaunga, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Ahuriri/Te Whanganui a Orotu, Waikato-Tainui.
Waitangi Day Family Celebrations, HB Sportspark, Hastings. Free entry
Programme: Reggae & Ribs Monday 5 Feb
5:00pm Kai & craft village open 45 stalls
5:30pm Stage: Te Whānau Puoro
6:30pm Stage: Red Band
7:15pm Stage: Hikawera Ferris
7:30pm Stage: Stage: Rude Boyz

03/02/2024

Nau Mai Haere Mai - It's gonna be huge. Kahungunu Waitangi Day Celebrations, something for the whole family. See attached the map so you know where to drive and where to go to find us.
Monday 5 Feb Reggae & Ribs 5pm to 8.30pm, Concert & kai stalls
Tuesday 6 Feb Waitangi Day Family Celebrations 9am to 3.30pm. Free Mahons Tides, entertainment, Treaty wānanga, Treaty 9 Trail, kai & craft village. More10 HB Sportspark, 42 Percival Rd, Hastings

01/02/2024

Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi Inc is very proud to present this years Waitangi Day Family Celebrations. It is with the help of our sponsors that this event continues to bless not only our registered iwi members, but all of our communities, all nationalities, friends and whānau near and far. There are two big changes this year. We have a twilight event on Monday 5th Feb - Reggae and Ribs - bring the whanau to the HB Mitre 10 Sports Park for a kai and concert - free entry. We have lots of kai stalls. .
Ngāti Kahungunu Iwi is running an all-day Wānanga on Tuesday 6th as part of this years event. Nau Mai Haere Mai Check out our poster for more information.

29/01/2024

Waitangi Day Family Celebrations, HB Sportspark, Hastings. Free entry
Programme: Reggae & Ribs Monday 5 Feb
5:00pm Kai & craft village open 45 stalls
5:30pm Stage: Te Whānau Puoro
6:30pm Stage: Red Band
7:15pm Stage: Hikawera Ferris
7:30pm Stage: Stage: Rude Boyz
8.30pm Close event
8:30PM Staff arrive and perform pre event duties
8:30pm Crow Security overnight security to 8.30am Tue 6 Feb
Programme Tue 6 Feb. Waitangi Day Family Celebrations Free entry
9:00am to 3:00pm Treaty Wānanga Workshops. Kai & Craft village
8:55AM Stage: Karakia
9:00am Stage: Manaia’s Accoustic Jams
10:00am Stage: Kieran Chisnall – HB Piper
10:15am Stage: Marama Lawrence
10.30am Stage: Peg n Mo
10.45am Stage: Hikawera Ferris
11:00am Stage: Taikura Kapa Haka
11:15am Stage: Hukarere Girl’s College
11.30am Stage: Te Aute College
11.45am Stage: Talitha Blake
12:00pm Stage: Mihi. National Anthem. Speeches Hastings Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst, Napier City Council Mayor Kirsten Wise, CHB Mayor Alex Walker, HB Regional Council Chair Hinewai Ormsby. Closing remarks – NKII Chairman Bayden Barber
12.20pm Stage: Waimarama Marae Kapa Haka
12.40pm Stage: Toku Parataito Cook Island Group
1.00pm Stage: Riqi Harawira
1:15pm Stage: Mafia Dance Group
1.20pm Stage: HB Tongan Community Langafonua Society
1.45pm Stage: Bay Batucada
2:00pm Stage: TJ & Huri
3:15pm Stage: Samoan RSE Troupe
https://www.facebook.com/tjandhuri/videos/764449688636338/

Waitangi Day Family Celebrations Hawkes Bay Sports Park, Hastings - Whānau, Community, Nation

23/01/2024

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Waitangi Day Family Celebrations Mon 5 Feb to Tue 6 Feb, Hawke's bay Regional Sportspark, Percival Rd, Hastings. Free entry, Free parking, Free thrill rides....