One of Jacinda Ardern's much-loved Waitangi Day rituals is set to go by the wayside in 2023 as New Zealand adapts to a new security environment in an election year.
Since 2018, Ms Ardern, her family and government ministers have donned aprons and picked up tongs to cook a free barbecue for all who brave the early wake-up for a dawn service at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Paihia.
