The bill’s architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

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.

New Zealand marked Waitangi Day which laid the country bicultural foundation on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The purpose of remembering isn't to sow division and disharmony but actually to bind us together as a nation that can openly ...

For a band whose underlying mission was to address ideas about what this country could be, there could not have been a more apt name than Aotearoa, writes Nick Bollinger.

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New ...

Despite 185 years of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, the relationship between Māori and central Government continues to face challenges ...

Politicians from the coalition government received a frosty reception at Waitangi this year, but Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka says the pōwhiri that received so much attention was just one ...