Ngahuia was just five years old when Queen Elizabeth II visited in 1953.
She speaks to Jesse about the excitement that permeated through her village, and remembers the adrenaline she felt as 5000 Maori performers gathered to put on a show.
The Queen, escorted by E.B. Corbett, the Minister for Maori Affairs, is welcomed to Waitangi by Māori kuia, 28 December 1953. Photo: Archives New Zealand / Reference: AAQT 6538/1
