Enjoying Waitangi Day

Kiwi Haka performers Liz Davis (front) and Ned Webster, both of Queenstown, entertain residents...
Kiwi Haka performers Liz Davis (front) and Ned Webster, both of Queenstown, entertain residents and visitors at the Queenstown Gardens yesterday during a Waitangi Day community picnic. Photo by Tracey Roxburgh.
Lailah Robson (2), of Queenstown, gets the hang of the poi during a community picnic celebrating...
Lailah Robson (2), of Queenstown, gets the hang of the poi during a community picnic celebrating Waitangi Day at the Queenstown Gardens yesterday afternoon. Photo by Tracey Roxburgh.
Harriet Stiles (left), and India O'Donnell-Fluit  come back into shore after biscuiting on Lake...
Harriet Stiles (left), and India O'Donnell-Fluit come back into shore after biscuiting on Lake Dunstan, near Clyde, yesterday. Photo by Lynda van Kempen.
Dunstan Arm Rowing Club's beginner rowers were out  training yesterday.  The crew, known as the '...
Dunstan Arm Rowing Club's beginner rowers were out training yesterday. The crew, known as the ''Little Critters'', all aged 12 or 13, were just learning the techniques, coach and club president Jacqui van Dam said. Heading out on Lake Dunstan were ...
Picnicking at Dairy Creek near Clyde yesterday were (from left) Rachel McAnally,  Wendy Crawford,...
Picnicking at Dairy Creek near Clyde yesterday were (from left) Rachel McAnally, Wendy Crawford, Grace Crawford (14), Karla Stiles, Tony Stiles, Harriet Stiles (13), India O'Donnell-Fluit (14), Shane Crawford, all of Alexandra, and Colin and Clare...

Photos from across Central Otago as families celebrate Waitangi Day.

After a chilly start to the day in Queenstown, the skies cleared around noon, in perfect time for the crowds to converge on the Queenstown Gardens to take in the atmosphere, which included live performances, flax weaving,  poi demonstrations and a  hangi. 

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