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color: rgb(68, 68, 68); letter-spacing: 1px;">Kia Ora / Welcome</h1> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <p></p><p style="letter-spacing: 0px; text-align: left;">Kia ora, Welcome<br>Nau mai, haere mai (Greetings to all)<br><br>Welcome to the website for the 48th World Conference for the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance. We look forward to welcoming all returning ICTMD members and new participants to an exciting and memorable world conference. <br>This year our conference is located in New Zealand, an island nation situated in the South West Pacific. Also called Aotearoa in their indigenous M膩ori language, the country is home to over 5 million people. <br>The host city is Wellington, the vibrant capital city of the country, holding the indigenous name, Te Whanganui-a-Tara. This will be the first conference held in New Zealand, and the third within Oceania in the council鈥檚 history.<br>Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University and Te K艒k墨 the New Zealand School of Music will be hosting us. 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