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Waka crews get ready to leave Hobson Bay shortly after dawn on Waitangi Day. Photo / Michael Cunningham Kiwi music legends from two contrasting eras - Don McGlashan and Troy Kingi - will headline ...
Waitangi Day celebrations Waitangi Treaty grounds 2020. From hot breakfast served by the Prime Minister to a waka display bigger than usual - tens of thousands of people enjoyed what Kelvin Davis ...
Unsurprisingly, governments treat the day with nervousness, if not outright dread. Yet alongside these sometimes violent protests, commemorations at Waitangi are full of fun, pageantry and display, ...
the Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival will build on the success of the previous year’s event as a day of reverence, ceremony, and fun. The entertainment and performance line-up are set to ...
Mayor Justin Lester says the whole day is a great way for the city to come together and reflect on what the Treaty means to New Zealand today. “Every year, Te Rā o Waitangi brings ...
"This is kotahitanga in practice and today is pretty chill but [Waitangi Day] is going to be pretty ... And yeah, it's cool fun, even older people like hugs from unicorns so there's hope for ...
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 ...
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. Treaty of ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi ...
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 ...
The heated (and often confused) debate about “co-governance” in Aotearoa New Zealand inevitably leads back to its source, Te Tiriti o Waitangi. But, as its long-contested meanings demonstrate ...
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 ...