Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day. Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's founding document ...

Thousands of people - and waka - gathered for commemorations to celebrate Waitangi Day today. Many had travelled to the same place where, 185 years prior, Māori and Pākehā had come together to ...

Its shape – an upturned waka hull – echoes a traditional Māori symbol for places of significance ... the year including Matariki and Waitangi Day celebrations, which sees an increase in ...