Despite the destined backlash, ACT Party leader David Seymour still fronted up to Waitangi. Greeted by turn backs, waiata, and protest - he spoke on behalf of the ACT Party, tapping into parts of ...

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. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ...

Rotorua's official Waitangi Day event, "Mō te aroha o te iwi - For ... there will not be a formal powhiri at Okains Bay this year, Okains Bay Museum board chair Helen Brown said.

Speaking after the pōwhiri, Jones said the actions of the Ngāpuhi leaders had given him “severe reservations of the whole architecture of Waitangi Day” and said he would be taking the matter ...

Prayers as dawn awakened for Waitangi Day...known as New Zealand's national day, which drew the biggest crowd in three decades. It was an early start at the ...

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, the march for the Treaty of Waitangi, started in Northland on November 11 and 12. Northern Advocate photographer Michael Cunningham captured all the fun and action from the ...

New Zealand's coalition government, led by Chris Luxon, has travelled to Waitangi on New Zealand's North Island for the annual treaty meeting, or powhiri, with Maori leaders.

Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day amid a debate over the future of its founding document. Waitangi Day marks the ...