Waitangi Day, Te Rā o Waitangi – What does it mean today, 174 years on? Talked delivered by Grant Brookes, MANA Pōneke branch and Fightback (Wellington), at Wellington event Waitangi Alert.

Waitangi Day was declared a national holiday in 1974, then named New Zealand Day. Since 2013 if the day falls over the weekend, the holiday is moved to the following Monday. Related articles ...

Waitangi Day is considered to be New Zealand’s national day and has been observed as a public holiday since 1974. Read More New Māori queen, 27, crowned in New Zealand as her father is buried ...

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.

Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's founding document: The Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon bucked tradition by choosing not ...

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 ...

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.

Waitangi Day 2024 is against the backdrop of a fiery debate in Aotearoa New Zealand over the newly elected coalition government's agenda — specifically surrounding Māori.

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 ...

Last year, Waitangi Day at Te Puia sold out weeks in advance and had 1250 people attend the event. This year the event is free however, spaces must be booked with tickets from the Humanitix website .

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 ...