ARIA CELEBRATES ITS 114TH SPORTS DAY

Sue heads to Aria, the heart of the King Country for the area’s 114th Sports Day, held on Waitangi Day

Sue French

KING COUNTRY ARIA 38° 33’ 0” S, 174° 59’ 0” E Aria is located 13km south of Piopio in the heart of the King Country. The region was closed to Pākeha during the New Zealand Wars of the 1800s and European settlement in the area came late, following the defining of its boundary, or aukati, in the 1880s. Aria, as such, would not come about until the late 1890s. A local cemetery was established in 1907 and the Cooperative Dairy Company was founded in 1911. The first Aria Sports Day took place in 1904, and on Waitangi Day this year the town held its 114th event. The day started off with rain and I thought maybe they would have to cancel the event. However, that wasn’t going to happen and…

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NZ Today (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 79 Apr-May 18

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