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[den]

Happy Waitangi Day to everyone on the Eastern Islands.

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[makovette.livejournal.com]

Jenny says it rather well too :)

http://www.hirezfox.com/21cf/d/20040206.html

At the bottom of the page :)

CYa!
Mako

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[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

A few years ago, I was planning my week at work, figuring out my project load, and noticed on the calendar "Waitangi Day"

No explanation. Just "Waitangi Day".

No clue.

No clue at all.

I asked aloud "What's Waitangi Day?"

Nobody in the office knew. Nobody had any sort of clue at all. A bit of Google informed me that it was a holiday in New Zealand, but no other information. So, I got silly and drew Jack singing a song about New Zealand in a comic strip. I mentioned it to a few other cartoonists and it got mentioned in their strips too, just for silliness's sake. :)

Then one of the folks in my office brought in a cake for Waitangi Day, and we had some fun.

But mostly it's fun because if you have no idea what it's about, it's just a fun word. "Waitangi! Waitangi! Waitangi!" :D

So this year, I drew Jenny in the traditional NZ dancing costume. They dance with little white Poi Balls on strings, sort of like ribbon dancers. It's very graceful. :)

http://www.coolpanda.com/newzealand/jpg_poi_balls_1.htm

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Thank you.