Waitangi commemorations in Te Tai Tokerau are supported by wardens from across the motu, with between 60 to 100 wardens from different districts travelling up for the week. "It's a lot of work.

Waitangi Day is a time to reflect on where we have come from and look forward to what we can achieve together. It has always been my intention to celebrate Waitangi Day around New Zealand. This ...

Instead of taking a long weekend after Waitangi Day, Kate Hawkesby and Tim Wilson joined Mike Hosking to Wrap the Week that was. They discussed homeownership and Winston Peters’ potentially ...

A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the country begins to mark the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi. Credit: AP ...

Waitangi day marks the first signing of New Zealand's founding document: ... Hundreds of kids to be tested for disease after childcare rape charge. 8.

Education Ministry figures showed 759,000 pupils should have been in class, but only 539,500 turned up on what was the last ...

Waitangi Day 2024 occurs against the backdrop of a fiery debate in Aotearoa New Zealand over the newly elected coalition government's agenda ... but as children of the diaspora," she ...

Article 3 of Te Tiriti o Waitangi gave Māori the fundamental rights and freedoms guaranteed under British law. Understanding it is critical to modern debates over ‘co-governance’ and partnership.

This year's Waitangi Day is bigger than any of the past 30 years, as Māori from all over Aotearoa unite against a controversial government bill that could change the Treaty of Waitangi.

New Zealand’s right-wing National Party-led coalition government used Waitangi Day on February 6, the country’s national day, to stoke racial divisions and divert attention from its escalating ...

New Zealand celebrates Waitangi Day (Getty) It's been a public holiday in New Zealand since 1960, and is celebrated on the nearest weekend in London by the city's substantial Kiwi population.