Waitangi Day

The Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Dawn Service is an annual gathering held at Hopukiore (Mount Drury Reserve) in Mount Maunganui. Photo: supplied. As Waitangi Day ...

What is the purpose of Waitangi Day? Pita Tipene ...

Barbara Becerra, and her daughter Anissa, from San Antonio, Texas, get into the spirit of Te Ra o Waitangi (Waitangi Day) in Queenstown last year.

This annual commemoration marks the national day of New Zealand. It is the anniversary of the initial signing—on 6 February 1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi.

It's predicted 50000 people will visit the Treaty Grounds to mark this year's Waitangi commemorations. How does it get ready for the influx of people?

Tomorrow marks the 184th anniversary of the first signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi). To commemorate Aotearoa New Zealand's national day,.

Communities in Raahui Pookeka Huntly , Kirikiriroa Hamilton and Whaingaroa Raglan are hosting community events for Waitangi Day. To mark the historic ...

The crowd booed a combative Winston Peters and drowned out David Seymour, while Christopher Luxon sombrely reflected on history.

The coalition Government was expecting a hard time when it fronted up to Waitangi Day commemorations in the Bay of Islands on Monday, and so it proved, ...

Waitangi Day will be marked in South Canterbury with activities including traditional Māori games, weaving and carving at Arowhenua Marae in Temuka.

The coalition Government, or so called "three-headed taniwha" were brought on to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds with a stirring Powhiri, in front of the ...

Much of the North Island will be warm and dry, with parts of Canterbury expected to see highs of 34.

Government leaders have rejected allegations they are degrading tino rangatiratanga, saying the proposed Treaty Principles Bill won't "delegitimise" Māori.

Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has hit back at the crowd at Waitangi after being booed during his speech at the Treaty ...

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e ngā iwi, rau rangatira ma. Tēnā koutou katoa. He tino mihi ki te mana whenua o tēnei rohe.

A massive haka was performed as Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrived at Waitangi with the two other leaders of the coalition government.

Māori designer Vincent Egan has created a homepage Doodle that will sit on all New Zealand Google homepages to celebrate Waitangi Day. Poi, pukana and kapa.

Watch live and follow all the updates as the sun rises over the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

The community event - co-hosted by Okains Bay Museum and Te Rūnanga o Koukourarata - will be free for the first time since it began in 1976. Te Rūnanga o ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was pulled up on his reluctance to address issues around the Treaty Principles Bill in his speech or in a press conference ...

Thousands of attendees and dignitaries have gathered at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds today, 184 years after the signing of New Zealand's founding document.

A hīkoi in defence of Te Tiriti o Waitangi has arrived at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds five days after launching its promise to fight against any planned...

Government ministers were met by a fierce haka, heckled by protesters and their speeches drowned out by song yesterday as they arrived in the town of Waitangi ...

While many on both sides of the Treaty debate were braced for a potentially fiery Waitangi Day , the closest call was Act leader David Seymour being booed.

Every year on February 6, Aotearoa New Zealand reflects on the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.

Waitangi Day commemorations have begun with the annual dawn service at the Treaty Grounds, 184 years after the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi the Treaty of ...

Vincent said, “The Doodle artwork delivers a message of kotahitanga – the importance of unity and a celebration of our collective cultures in Aotearoa New ...

Waitangi is so packed that those wanting to be there busted through gates to drive across a farm, arriving through a back door. Police are now on Wakelin Rd ...

New Zealand Governor-General Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro and Dr Davies joined the thousands in attendance at Te Whare Rūnanga for the Waitangi Day Dawn Service.

A dawn ceremony began the day, with government officials in attendance, as well as many who wanted to welcome in the day with karakia. Green Party MP Chloe ...

Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Dunedin to march from Queens Gardens to the Octagon this morning in protest of government plans that impact Māori and ...

Waitangi National Trust chair Pita Tipene urged Kiwis — who are currently engaged in a Government-led debate to rewrite the treaty's principles — to ...

Dispatches from Waitangi Day where thousands have gathered to commemorate the signing of te Tiriti o Waitangi.

The governor-general, prime minister, defence force chiefs and religious leaders were among many to brave an early start at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. On a ...

Google Doodle celebrates Waitangi Day, marking the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, a crucial document for promoting peace in New Zealand.

Tens of thousands of people walked in the footprints of those who first signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the sun-drenched treaty grounds today, but there was ...