The first time Matarora Smith worked Waitangi Day commemorations in Paihia, she felt the wairua and whakapapa of the historic ...

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

A Dutch paddler who has travelled around the world to take part in today’s Waitangi Day commemorations says getting involved ...

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 Chief of Navy says he is honoured to be attending Waitangi Day celebrations and continuing the Royal New Zealand Navy’s long history of playing an important role in celebrating the signing ...

Waitangi Day (and the week prior) has long been a place of controversy and politics. And after a rocky year of Māori-Crown relations in 2024, culminating in the largest protest to ever arrive at ...

Prayers as dawn awakened for Waitangi Day...known as New Zealand's national day, which drew the biggest crowd in three decades. It was an early start at the ...

And while tensions between Māori and the Crown had calmed down relative to previous years, there was no shortage of protesters this Waitangi Day, Smith remembers. According to the news reports at ...