A dawn ceremony marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds. Events were also held throughout the country, with hundreds of people ...

Waitangi Day’s dawn ceremony is about to commence from the majestic Treaty Grounds following a lively and at times fiery ...

A dawn ceremony has marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds. Thursday's celebration came after a tense pōwhiri at the marae yesterday ...

In the early 1970s I rarely made it to Waitangi because February 6 was the day pupils returned to St Stephen’s School. A time ...

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On Waitangi Day, following the Dawn Karakia at Te Tou Rangatira (the land next to the Te Tii Marae), the flag raising ...

Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.

One of the guest speakers for the Waitangi Forum, Tania Rauna - known to many as the "Unicorn of Te Tai Rāwhiti" or the ...

A Dawn Ceremony marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae, while a traditional waka parade took place in front of Te Tii Marae before docking near the lower Treaty ...

At midday on Waitangi Day, Tuesday 6 February, HMNZS Canterbury will fire a 21-gun salute to observe the 185th Anniversary of ...

By popular demand, more music acts than ever will take centre stage at this year’s Tauranga Moana Waitangi Day Festival. In its sixth year at The Historic Village at 17th Avenue, the anticipated large ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.