Gloriavale on Waitangi Day

Gloriavale on Waitangi Day

Every Waitangi Day, the choir used to go and sing at the Grey District Waitangi Day Picnic at Dixon Park in Greymouth. It was always a huge event. We’d stay up all night to make thousands of iced buns, which would then be handed out to people at the picnic.I was never allowed to go with the rest of the choir. One year, all of the young people went to sing at the picnic except for me and maybe four other girls. We were the naughty ones who got le…