It's the birthplace of the nation and Waitangi proved a popular venue for the national Maori student nurses hui with one of the largest turnouts in memory.
Yesterday was International Nurses Day and ahead of the big occasion about 190 people attended the four-day Hui a Tau Mo Nga Tauira Neehi Maori 2014 at Waitangi last week.
Organisers and regular attendees of the hui said it was one of the largest they could remember and North Tec Bachelor of Nursing lecturer Christine Sapwell believes this was partly because of the attraction of coming north to Waitangi where the relationship between Maori and Pakeha began.
"Northland always makes a strong presence at previous hui so I think this year a lot of people were curious to see how we fared.
"Hopefully (the attraction was also) experiencing some of our legendary hospitality too," Ms Sapwell said.