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New Zealand Maori activist Tame Iti gestures at the Waitangi Treaty House grounds ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations in Waitangi, northern New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

People from across the Bay of Plenty region are expected to flock to The Historic Village this Waitangi Day to celebrate unity in Tauranga Moana on our national day. February 6 will mark the 184th ...

The first Waitangi Day on February 6 was held in 1934, but annual celebrations did not begin until 1947. Waitangi Day was declared a national holiday in 1974, then named New Zealand Day.

Kaihoe (waka paddlers) warm up with paddle drills ahead of this morning's Waitangi Day waka display. Photo / Michael Cunningham Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and other politicians have gathered ...

When New Zealand celebrates its national day on February 6, its governments have been known to treat the day with nervousness, if not outright dread, writes Michael Belgrave.

During the Queen's visit here in 1990 she attended the Waitangi Day commemoration. It was a very hot day and she had a feather cloak put around her. Later that day a wet T-shirt was thrown at her.

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 ...

ANALYSIS | Waitangi Day commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document in 1840, but there's more to this Treaty than just putting ink to paper.

Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori between the British Crown and Māori chiefs in 1840.

Waitangi Day 2022 will be different. With the Treaty Grounds closed and event numbers limited, there won’t be any barbecue on the beach at Paihia this year. It’s become a tradition for Prime ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has not confirmed his attendance at next year’s Waitangi Day commemorations. ACT leader David Seymour will attend, while Luxon considers multiple invitations and ...