Waitangi Day commemorations in Paihia might look entirely political from afar, but anyone who has been to the Treaty grounds during the historic week will know that is not exactly true.

“Although our culture is ever moving, our history is set,” says Mori Rapana, Māori cultural manager at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. “In order to understand the present, you have to start ...

The thousands predicted to descend on the Waitangi political talks on Wednesday ... up until the moment politicians walked onto the treaty grounds to receive the challenge on Wednesday morning.

Act leader David Seymour at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Photo / Dean Purcell ‘An important conversation’ Submitting in support of the bill, Lesley McTurk said the bill had stirred an ...

A study of the Treaty of Waitangi background, texts, principles, and application to contemporary New Zealand. There is a particular focus on land, legislation, court decisions, social policies, the ...

annual events attended by lawmakers and Indigenous leaders at the treaty grounds have allowed the groups to speak face to face, even at times of racial discord. Dawn breaks at Waitangi ...

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 ...