Kviberg Cemetery, Gothenburg
The New Zealand Embassy together with the Australian Embassy will hold the main ANZAC Day ceremony as usual at the Commonwealth War Graves Section at Kviberg Cemetery in Gothenburg at 1100 hrs. Following the ceremony there will be a reception at Palmhuset, Trädgårdsföreningen (entrance via Slussgatan or Nya Allén).

Öckerö Gamla Kyrka
A commemoration ceremony will be held at Öckerö Gamla Kyrka churchyard, where New Zealand airman Sgt John Williams, RNZAF, is buried. The ceremony will start at 1600 hrs

Waitangi Day Ministry for Culture and Heritage, updated 5th Feb 2011

Every year on 6 February, New Zealand marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. In that year, representatives of the British Crown and over 500 Maori chiefs signed what is New Zealand’s founding document. The day was first officially commemorated in 1934, and it has been a public holiday since 1974.

For some people, Waitangi Day is a holiday; for many, and especially for Maori, it is the occasion for reflecting on the Treaty. Since the 1970s the style and mood of the commemorations on Waitangi Day have been influenced by the increasingly heated debate surrounding the place of the Treaty in modern New Zealand.

Waitangi Day is recognised as New Zealand’s national day, but the long-standing tensions associated with it are always likely to surface in one form or another. The date is an important marker in the country’s history. Recognition of the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi as the nation’s founding document will continue to encourage leaders, communities and individuals to mark the day in new ways.

Several earthquakes in the South Island of New Zealand. They were around Invercargill, Dunedin and Tuatapere. Strongest being 5.8 and 5.5
No damage or injury has been reported, which is great.

More earthquakes hit Christchurch and Ashburton on the 23rd December.
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Some of our New Zealand followers, would like to see some Christmas photo’s of Sweden. Christmas lights in the different cities. “A Swedish” if you have any Christmas photo’s you would like to share please post.
Would be great to get some New Zealand Christmas photo’s as well.
If I can post these on the network blog email me the photo’s richard@kiwisinn.com