“Those were the days of being [on the] front line. There were protesters and you just knew that Waitangi was a time where people came to air their grievances.” Sir John Key was Prime ...

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

But Thursday's anniversary of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in muted fashion with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon absent from the main commemorations ...

Thousands of people - and waka - gathered for commemorations to celebrate Waitangi Day today. Many had travelled to the same place where, 185 years prior, Māori and Pākehā had come together to ...

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 ...