Henderson Park: Out in West Auckland this free Music in Parks concert from 2pm to 6pm gets rock-plus outfit Kora as the main drawcard with support from soulstress Tyra Hammond, Funkommunity and DJ Dylan C.
Movies
Exactly a year after Mt Zion started lighting up the local box office with its story of a young Maori reggae band trying to get ahead, here's another. Today it's the turn of The Pa Boys to start testing the speaker systems of the nation's cinemas with its story of a Wellington three-piece heading out on the road but finding there's more to discover than just coastal pubs full of locals wanting to hear some decent tunes.
The film is a feature debut for its former musician writer-director Himiona Grace, as it is for much of his cast which includes Francis Kora of the band Kora and fellow actor-musician Matariki Whatarau, who also a member of the Modern Guitar Quartet.
Television
Maori TV kicks off its coverage of the day with breakfast show Ata Marie Waitangi Day 2014 from 7am. The three-hour show hosted by Stephanie Huriana Fong and Te Arahi Maipi will come with live music from the Topp Twins, Tami Neilson and the Pa Boys.
And there will be live crosses to Waitangi where the show's correspondents are young actor Darcy Ray Flavell-Hudson - who may well be internalising a really complicated situation in his head about treaty matters - and X-Factor finalist Whenua Patuwai.
After that relatively serious start to the day, at 7.30pm the channel offers Crack Up, a stand-up comedy special hosted by Mike King and starring James Nokise, Ewen Gilmour, Jan Maree and many more, all of whom will be pondering their own views of Waitangi Day.
And, of course, over on TV3, Paul Henry will probably have something really thoughtful to say about the day later in the evening.
- TimeOut
