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In her debut book Hello to Everybody, Wellington illustrator Sallie Culy depicts the smiling faces of the people in her life.
If cities can be lonely places no one told artist Sallie Culy. A familiar face on the streets of inner city Poneke Wellington, Sallie counts many people she has met a friend. Its an approach to life ...
A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the country begins to mark the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.
This Waitangi Day, Tiriti Action Group Pōneke will stage a hīkoi from Pukeahu to Waitangi Park starting at 10am. The Hīkoi is in support of mana whenua Te Kotahitanga o Taranaki Whānui, all ...
An annual Waitangi Day commemorative hīkoi to Clive’s Farndon Park will this year focus on unity and resilience. The historic February 6 event, close to Waipureku, where TeTiriti was signed in ...
Members of the hīkoi congregated at Waitangi Park in Wellington after a nine-day journey across New Zealand Getty Images Around 30,000 people are expected to be participating in today's events ...
Many will head back to Wellington's Waitangi Park for a concert, a kārakia (a prayer) and a farewell, which will mark the formal end of this nine-day march.
This group is expected to travel to Wellington City on Tuesday to join the main hīkoi from Waitangi Park, Te Aro. On Tuesday morning, Hīkoi mō te Tiriti is expected to move in convoy from Takapūwāhia ...
New Zealand's parliament was suspended and two lawmakers were ejected during a vote on a controversial proposed law redefining the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British ...
The morning’s events begin at 7.45am at Ātea a Rangi, the Celestial Compass in Waitangi Park, Awatoto with a karakia, followed by a Hikoi of Hope along Te Awa o Mokotūāraro, to the haka ...
This Te Rā o Waitangi head to Waitangi Park for two free, whānau-friendly events in commemoration of Aotearoa’s national day. First up, pack a picnic, bring a blanket and round up friends and ...
Pack a picnic dinner and head to Waitangi Park on the evening before Waitangi Day. Māoriland Film Festival will present a selection of short films, followed by the iconic Poi E. Don’t miss the ...