Being there Waitangi 2025: The view from afar just doesn’t cut it

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Being there Waitangi 2025: The view from afar just doesn’t cut it

March 2025

Lucy O'Hagan

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 12:00 AM

Crowds gather around the flagpole at the Treaty Grounds for the dawn service on Waitangi Day [Image: Lucy O’Hagan]

Forget what you’ve seen on the news, Waitangi Day is an in-person experience, says Lucy O’Hagan. It’s a celebration, a reckoning and a vision for the future

“Once in your life, you need to go to Waitangi on actual Waitangi Day,” I said as we planned the long hīkoi north. Like most, I have seen decades of W

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Many people travel to high-altitude destinations, meaning clinicians are often faced with questions about how to prevent and treat altitude illness. Update your knowledge with this New Zealand Society of Travel Medicine summary of updated evidence-based guidelines with comments by senior lecturer Jenny Visser – it outlines the best prophylactic regimens, diagnostic approaches and treatment protocols for acute altitude illness

Wednesday 26 February 2025, 12:45 AM