Tennant Creek Waitangi Day ‘Mad dogs and Maori go out in the midday sun. ‘) They do at Tennant Creek to celebrate Waitangi Day which we did on Sunday a day ahead of NZ, as all the hardworking Kiwi had to get back into work on Monday. Tennant Creek Maori group hosted a group from Alice Springs who did a great job of entertaining at the Memorial Club on Saturday night then on Sunday at the Bowling club where Michael James and his team had put down a Hangi at 4am in the morning. We were involved in getting firewood .it was a hot job on Saturday and preparing 120 food packs for the hangi . It was delicious. The songs speeches , prayers , haka and entertainment transported us to memories of home. There was hardly a dry eye on the Sunday when Whakaaria Mai was sung and there was a Karanga at the conclusion of it. It was very moving. Tuiaana started working at the Primary School this week, she is enjoying working with the new entrants she knows a lot of them from Child Care. We are swimming in the town pool which cools us down most nights. The kids get a laugh at Karen’s accent, they get her to say Tennant Creek and burst into laughter and try to give her a lesson on pronunciations. Arohanui Ian Karen and Tuiana