A dawn ceremony has marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations ... and his speech drowned out by waiata. The day will include a flag raising ceremony, and the traditional waka parade.

The Waitangi Day commemorations included a flag raising ceremony and the traditional waka parade. Here's some of the day's highlights, captured in pictures: Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero ...

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 ...

Hīkoi mō te Tiriti, the march for the Treaty of Waitangi, started in Northland on ... 2024 Master Painter of the Year title. Wheels Day coincided with Road Safety Week and was marked by a ...

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 ...

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 ...