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 ...

The first time Matarora Smith worked Waitangi Day commemorations in Paihia, she felt the wairua and whakapapa of the historic place. Driving the windy roads up from Auckland, the excitement ...

Thank you to everyone who has come here today to celebrate Waitangi Day with us. I want to take a moment to acknowledge the exceptional leaders we've lost this past year, including Kīngi ...

Waitangi Day is a time to reflect on where we have come from and look forward to what we can achieve together. It has always been my intention to celebrate Waitangi Day around New Zealand.

Prayers as dawn awakened for Waitangi Day...known as New Zealand's national day, which drew the biggest crowd in three decades. It was an early start at the ...

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 ...