Waitangi on East
An estimated 15,000 people flocked to Ashburton’s East Street on Waitangi Day.
While Historic Places Mid Canterbury considered that most had come to sample our jammed and creamed scones, in-fact they had come to soak up the atmosphere, food, cultural entertainment and sun that the combined Multi Cultural Bite and Waitangi Day Market provided in the towns retail centre.
Our stall certainly attracted large numbers of visitors. Many commented on our photographic boards titled ‘Lost Ashburton’. Sadly, we needed to make up a new board late last year in the aftermath of the earthquake damage.