If it’s feeling like it’s been a while since the last public holiday, the good news is we have three of them coming up in April (though parents whose kids will be home for most of the month ...

Tim McKinnel says he was initially reluctant to look into the case, but then decided it warranted closer examination.

Another hot topic, which has dominated the first two years of Luxon’s term, is the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi. Some on the right have criticised New Zealand’s founding document for affording too many ...

Local celebrations marking the signing of the Waitangi Treaty in 1840 between Maori and settlers concluded with a Haka from NZ students on exchange studies at Dungannon Royal School. The Ballance ...

The Waitangi Day in Ipswich event will have amazing Kiwi food including hangi, creamed pāua, Afghan biscuits and lolly cakes, as well as an array of market stalls offering a range of NZ goodies, from ...

Interesting to note, in Waitangi Week, that Manawatu is the Māori author of one of the biggest-selling New Zealand novels of the past decade. 7 All That We Know by Shilo Kino (Hachette, $37.99) ...

WAITANGI Day is a special public holiday in New Zealand that commemorates the country’s founding while respecting the rights of native Maoris and their heritage. In a sense, it aims to celebrate ...

Waitangi Day is the time to think about the New Zealand we want in 2040 – when the kids of today become adults, and we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Treaty.

New Zealand's Waitangi Day was overshadowed by controversy as Māori leaders condemned a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi. Methodist Church president Te Aroha Rountree likened the ...

Today, New Zealanders – or Kiwis – across the world commemorate Waitangi Day. A historic day that defines our identity as a nation, Waitangi Day marks the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The ...

Take politicians, for example—confident speakers whose soundbites often dominate our news. But at the end of the day, they’re just people like the rest of us. They, too, are products of an education ...