Honourable Speaker of the House: Welcome to a very special birthday celebration. Our Parliament
is proud to be a central part of celebrating 150 years of Wellington as New Zealand’s
capital city. Mayor: Wellington is a special place and it’s
where New Zealand’s national treasures are kept. This is the beating heart of our nationhood
and I want every child from this region and every child from the country to visit the
capital of New Zealand to feel our nationhood.
The Big Birthday Party – light and soundshow. [Soundtrack]
MC James Nokise: Baby seals playing in the water in Scorching Bay.
What’s that tweet up there I’ve just seen? Despite not being a native Wellingtonian I
still feel a part of the celebrations. Good to have you here.
I love the smallness of Wellington, the huge smallness of Wellington.
Let’s look at a final tweet coming up here. Bring on Dave Dobbyn, all right now that’s just
plain cold #Can’tWait and maybe we will get to bring on Dave Dobbyn but what I wanna
do is see if you guys are ready for the next step. So let’s see if we can make the building
change colour one last time guys. So on the count of three give me a massive cheer, one,
two, three [cheering from the crowd]– that’s what I wanna hear, folks.
Dave Dobbyn and Orpheus Choir sing Loyal. Crowd sings along.
MC James Nokise: Now we can’t have a birthday party without a cake, so let’s light up
the cake! [Cheer] Get some candles on there, bro. Yes! We have set the Beehive on fire!
Alright, now you guys have been to birthdays you know what to do when there’s candles,
let’s see if we can blow them out. So let’s go, one, two, three [MC and crowd blows].
Oooooh, alright let’s try again, magic candles, one, two, three [MC and crowd blows again].
The irony that we can’t summon enough wind in this city [Laughter].
Alright, one final try, one, two, three [MC and crowd blows once more]. Yay!
Dave Dobbyn and Orpheus Choir sing Happy Birthday to Wellington. Crowd sings along.
Finish with cheering.