Running from 26 June to 5 July, the festival features events across the Whau region, including fire dancing, fashion shows, youth debates, and discussions based on the Treaty of Waitangi. The Whau ...

It was the first new public holiday since Waitangi Day became a public holiday in 1974. The date of Matariki changes from year to year, but it will always fall in June or July. There will be plenty of ...

Tim McKinnel says he was initially reluctant to look into the case, but then decided it warranted closer examination.

In her debut book Hello to Everybody, Wellington illustrator Sallie Culy depicts the smiling faces of the people in her life.

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds will not open on Waitangi Day, its chairman Pita Tipene says, following the move to the Covid-19 red traffic light setting. The Waitangi National Trust, which runs the ...

Waitangi Day is a multi-day series of events, summits and cultural celebrations centred in northern New Zealand at the site of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.

New Zealand's Waitangi Treaty may be at risk. These young Māori are fighting to protect it New Zealand's government is making "really worrying" repeals to Māori rights, campaigners say.

In its third year, Waitangi Day at Te Puia returns with a full-on day for whānau to experience cultural festivities and entertainment. The event starts at 9.30am and has a range of pā activities ...

Government funding will go towards 26 community events to commemorate Waitangi Day in 2025, from Tāhuna (Queenstown) to Te Tai Tokerau (Northland) and Rēkohu/Wharekauri (Chatham Islands). The ...

New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British ...

Waitangi Day 2024: ACT leader David Seymour and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are welcomed onto the Treaty grounds. Getty Images Our most important historical event The survey involved a ...

The 184th Waitangi Day has confirmed that the Treaty is going to remain a significant issue for the new Government which, even at this early stage, could eventually define it. The flashpoint came ...