A Dawn Ceremony marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae, while a traditional waka parade took place in front of Te Tii Marae before docking near the lower Treaty ...

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.

The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country's bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand on Thursday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called for an end to government policies ...

Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.

Maori women have led a protest on the eve of the country's national day, as New Zealand's would-be constitutional revisionist ...

New Zealand's Latin American community has expressed concerns after two members of parliament (MPs) made comments such as "send the Mexicans home." Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Winston ...

New policy fails on substance, but associate education minister passes with flying colours for rhetoric, writes Jonathan ...

Comment: It’s been a big year. As planned, I finished up as Employers and Manufacturers Association chief executive after a couple of decades in various roles, enabling me to take on some long hoped ...

Another year, another January 26 and a revisit to the continuing “Australia Day” conversation turned conservative culture war.

But, at Waitangi last year protesters attempted to drown out Seymour with waiata as he spoke. "While it will ultimately be the decision of the taumata on the day as to how best to uphold the ...