Waitangi Day				February 6 
Sentence
Ano te pai, ano te ahuareka o te nohoanga o nga teina o nga tuakana i runga i te whakaaro kotahi.		 Waiata 133:1
How good and pleasant a thing it is when God’s people live together in unity.	
			Psalm 133:1
Collects
E te Ariki o nga ariki,
i mea koe
ki te u koutou ki roto ki ahau
ka u ano aku kupu ki roto ki a koutou.
E pupuri tonu nei matou
i nga kupu o te kawenata o te Tiriti o Waitangi
i hainatia e nga Maori me nga Pakeha
i te tau kotahi mano e waru rau e wha tekau.
Meinga enei kupu i poua nei e ratou
hei maramatanga mo nga ra kei mua i a matou
e haere tika ai tenei iwi o Aotearoa. Amine.

God, the sovereign of all,
your word is law in every quarter.
Speak your words again;
hold before us the words of Waitangi,
signed by Maori and pakeha alike
to seal their covenant;
make the treaty they established in Aotearoa
a beacon light for the days ahead;
through Christ, our guide, our way.

God of our nation,
you have called us to care for one another;
cleanse our eyes to see each other clearly;
open our hearts to know our own mistakes;
build in us respect for each other’s taonga;
help us to do justice to one another
and to hope together.

God of covenant and calling,
you bind us together;
keep us faithful to our calling
and true to our promises.
Psalms	133	119:73-80	147
Readings
1 Kings 8:55-61		Turn your hearts to God
Or Isaiah 42:1-9		God’s justice
Ephesians 2:13-18		Breaking down the walls
Or Acts 10:34-43		God has no favourites
Luke 2:9-14		Te hari nui
Or Matthew 18:21-35	Forgiven and forgiving
Post Communion Sentence
Ka whakatikatika e ia i o tatou waewae ki te huarahi o te rangimarie.	Ruka 1:79
God will guide our feet into the way of peace.	Luke 1:79 (adapted)