Waitangi Day

Our Waitangi schedule begins at 5.00AM with Peter-Lucas Jones and Blake Ihimaera live from the Treaty grounds for WAITANGI 2025 - KA HAO TE RANGATAHI.

School days wedged between a public holiday and a weekend historically have “abysmal attendance”, an education leader and principal says, ...

Trading restrictions don't apply to Waitangi Day in the way they would for Easter holidays, Christmas, or the first half of Anzac Day - but you may have to ...

Representing the RNZN will be Chief of Navy Rear Admiral (RADM) Garin Golding along with a large contingent of Navy personnel. “I have been to Waitangi many ...

NZ Mountain Safety Council (MSC) is calling on hikers and trampers to prepare thoroughly to avoid being caught out by the weather as Waitangi Day ...

Flannagan Cup, Ngamotu Beach. The iconic open water swim at Ngamotu Beach has been on the Taranaki calendar since 1916. Set along the beautiful west coast ...

Te Rūnanga o Tūranganui a Kiwa's Waitangi Day celebrations in Gisborne will focus on the whakaaro (thoughts) of rangatahi and starting a conversation around ...

Māori have been writing about their experiences for two centuries. Here, the authors of a new book about that literary legacy pick ten of their must-read ...

All the news from Waitangi as it happens. Our Waitangi 2025 coverage is possible because of the 13,000-plus Spinoff members who regularly pay to support our ...

Tomorrow is the 185th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840, one of New Zealand's important founding documents.

Whether it's markets, kai, te reo lessons or concerts, the mighty Waikato is ready to celebrate Waitangi Day. To make it easier for you to partake, Waikato ...

Trading restrictions don't apply to Waitangi Day in the way they would for Easter holidays, Christmas, or the first half of Anzac Day - but you may have to ...

Māori artist Jordan Tuhara hopes his Māori Doodle for global search engine giant Google will leave more than just a one-day Waitangi Day impression. This...

I know I do. I reckon we need a bit of happiness in our lives. There's angst over the crappy economy, angst over what's happening out in the world - there's ...

The ceremony is taking place at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds.

Waitangi Day's dawn ceremony is underway at the majestic Treaty Grounds following a lively and at times fiery Parliament pōwhiri yesterday. The ceremony at the Te Whare Rūnanga meeting house will include readings from politicians and other leaders, ...

If you've experienced a loss visited upon you through someone breaking an agreement, you'll know the feelings of disempowerment and betrayal.

New Zealand First deputy leader Shane Jones expressed the forlorn hope yesterday that Waitangi Day should move on from being a score sheet or a tale of woe and ...

Metiria Stanton Turei invites all to enjoy Waitangi Day as a genuine celebration of a te Tiriti nation. Kia ora koutou whānau, he mihi ki a koutou i te rā o ...

I don't mind telling you, I've kind of been dreading making any sort of editorial comment or opinion on Waitangi Day. Not because I don't think it's.

Documentary maker Whatanui Flavell says this week is a "powerful time" in New Zealand, as young people who grew up in the latter years of the 'Māori ...

A crowd of 300 onlookers made their way to Hopukiore to celebrate Waitangi Day, with proceedings beginning at 6.30am. The dawn ceremony began with whakatau ...

A crowd of 300 onlookers made their way to Hopukiore to celebrate Waitangi Day, with proceedings beginning at 6.30am. The dawn ceremony began with whakatau ...

It was the “perfect day” to celebrate Waitangi Day, with warm weather and different cultures, He Iwi Kotahi trustee and professional historian Buddy Mikaere ...

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed between many, but not all, Māori tribes and the British Crown at Waitangi on 6 February 1840.

Ngāpuhi leaders are signalling the potential return of Waitangi's pōwhiri for Parliamentarians to the newly renovated Te Tii Marae after yesterday's...

Waka hit the water at the Treaty Grounds, while the PM was welcomed onto Ōnuku Marae in Akaroa and the Waitangi Hikoi made themselves known.

Events are starting to wind down at Waitangi with the great waka Ngaatokimatawhaorua, with about 80 kaihoe on board, coming in to land at Hobson Bay.

From the dawn ceremony to the numerous local performances and powerful words, Waitangi Day 2025 was one to remember, but a highlight would have to be the ...

A groundswell of resistance against the government's Māori policies is driving many to make the trip to the Waitangi treaty grounds in New Zealand's far ...

Ngāi Tahu's Treaty settlement has allowed them to become a driving force in the country's economy, the PM says.