Ngatokimatawhaorua, New Zealand's largest ceremonial Maori canoe on the Waitangi River during Waitangi Day celebations held on the 6th of February 2013. Waitangi Day is a public holiday held each year on 6 February to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, on that date in 1840.

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Location: Waitangi, Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand
Photo credit: © Maori and Polynesian Culture / Alamy / Afripics
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