Happy Waitangi Day! Hundreds of Waka Ama crew perform the haka on the beach to celebrate Waitangi Day on February 6, 2013 in Waitangi, New Zealand. Getty. Laura Hampson @_LauraHampson.

Happy Waitangi day! Err what? - you say. Time for a brief New Zealand history lesson (stop snoozing at the back Copsey!). Waitangi Day celebrates the signing at Waitangi of a treaty that ...

Happy Waitangi Day!" The Prime Minister should be followed by a support cast of prominent Maori and Pakeha here and overseas, speaking on TV or via satellite link about their pride in being New ...

Ata mārie, Aotearoa New Zealand, and welcome to the New Zealand Herald’s live coverage of Waitangi Day. It is 183 years today since the first signatures we ...

US president Barack Obama and new secretary of state, John Kerry, have wished New Zealanders a happy Waitangi Day. Deals of the Week. In the know quiz. Sign Up. Log In. My account. Sign Out; ...

Police are very pleased with the proceedings of Waitangi Day 2023. Despite the grey skies, there was a large turnout of attendees at this morning's dawn service and the activities surrounding it.

The couple highlights the "special time" they had in New Zealand as they wish the country a happy Waitangi Day Even though they’ve stepped back from royal duties, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

You may notice that pubs in the capital are a little busier than usual this week as New Zealand expats celebrate Waitangi Day. Phonetically pronounced why-tounge-ee, New Zealand’s national day ...