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 ...

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 Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori between the British Crown and Māori chiefs in 1840.

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.

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 ...

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.

Eventually, a national holiday was granted from 1974 onwards, but it was called “New Zealand Day”; however, only a few years later, the Waitangi Day Act 1976 reinstated the name to Waitangi Day.

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.

It was a day of lively, but peaceful protests in Waitangi, for New Zealand’s national day. Thousands of Kiwis flocked to the small town, where Maori leaders and the Crown signed a treaty in 1840.

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.