The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...
Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...
A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.
This year's festivities at Waitangi are over - capping off a week filled with crowds, celebration, spectacle and debate. Yesterday there were two separate dawn ceremonies and a colourful waka launch ...
Family Finds Remains of a Traditional MāOri Canoe on an Island, Experts Say It Was Used for Fishing and River Travel ...
Dutch paddler Koos Wabeke says getting involved with kaupapa waka - and learning about the Māori world - has changed his life.
On Waitangi Day, following the Dawn Karakia at Te Tou Rangatira (the land next to the Te Tii Marae), the flag raising ...
where you'll paddle a traditional waka (a canoe) and learn what life was like for Maori settlers prior to European arrival. The region also features Maori rock art sites, where early settlers ...
WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country's bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of ...
In Navigating the Stars: Maori creation myths Witi Ihimaera shows how we have always been storytellers, intellectuals and ...
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.