Much Pomp and Ceremony

This week saw the opening of the new exhibition at work, He Tohu, celebrating 3 landmark documents; the Declaration of Independance, the Treaty of Waitangi and the Women'sSuffrage Petition.  The were moved from Archives NZ in the wee small hours of the morning a month ago with a huge amount of ceremony and care.  Yesterday the public exhibition was opened by the Govener General and an impressive array of significant others.

The crowd gathering prior to the arrival of the official party

Some of the wonderful korowai/cloaks worn on special occasions such as this.

 I've only had a quick look but the documents, all from the 1800s are in a beautiful wood lined room with all the mod cons; light and humidity control and state of the art cases.