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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 ...
Waitangi day is a non-working day just like any other public holiday - so if you're working on the day (as regularly rostered), you're entitled to time-and-a-half pay and an alternative day off.
Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.
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But what is Waitangi Day through the eyes of its Pacific people? Held at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds, a place often called the "birthplace of the nation", it is rich in Aotearoa New Zealand's ...
New Zealand’s right-wing National Party-led coalition government used Waitangi Day on February 6, the country’s national day, to stoke racial divisions and divert attention from its escalating ...
On February the 6th, ‘Waitangi Day’ was celebrated in Israel for the first time. Waitangi Day is New Zealand’s Yom Ha’atzmaut. The event at the Begin Center in Jerusalem brought together ...
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 ...
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 ...