Analysis: Waitangi Day belongs to Māori first ... Back on land, karakia and takutaku ring out around the grounds as people carry flags, take photos, or enjoy a meal consisting of frybread ...

Analysis - When Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka stood to speak on the paepae during Waitangi Day commemorations a ... and He Whakaputanga flags, Frances Goulton, the wāhine who led ...

James Busby’s residence at Waitangi, now known as the Treaty House, was also New Zealand’s first unofficial parliament. Before the treaty, the first flag ... Zealand Day for two years before ...

Waitangi Day’s dawn ceremony is about to commence ... Minister Winston Peters will take his place. Following that, a flag-raising ceremony will be conducted before a small public breakfast ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand. The New Zealand flag is seen from the ...

New Zealand's Waitangi Day was overshadowed by controversy as ... crowd standing in the morning mist, holding up large flags. Are the proposed changes to New Zealand's foundational document ...

with hundreds of people expected at Ōnuku Marae in Akaroa - Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon were among them. The Waitangi Day commemorations included a flag ...

The Tauranga Moana Waitangi ... Day and learning about some of our history in the process.” The event will offer activities and entertainment that embrace Māori culture, including poi and flag ...

In its third year, Waitangi Day at Te Puia returns with a full-on day for whānau to experience cultural festivities and entertainment. The event starts at 9.30am and has a range of pā activities ...

Waitangi day is a non-working day just like any other ... well ahead of Auckland’s growth of 2.1% and nearly three times New Zealand’s national growth of 1.4%. From March to October 2023 ...