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Heritage Mahurangi will stage a commemorative journey on the Mahurangi River on Saturday, November 18 as a part of ongoing celebrations to mark Warkworth’s 170th anniversary.
The river pageant will commemorate the arrival by whale boat of the town’s founder John Anderson Brown in 1853.
The event will include a flotilla of craft including steamboats and classic yachts and launches. In addition, the historic scow Jane Gifford will bring some 100 descendants of original pioneering families upstream together with VIPs. There will be displays, entertainment, vintage cars, machinery and food available in and around the wharf area.
Heritage Mahurangi chair Dave Parker says canoeists and paddleboarders are welcome to demonstrate their abilities on the water prior to the regatta, and there is still room for more classic launches to join the flotilla.
Contact Dave 027 484 9935 or Daniel 021 187 3014.
