WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi ...

In a fiery exchange at the birthplace of modern New Zealand, Indigenous leaders have strongly criticized the government's approach to Maori, ahead of the country's national day.

New Zealand’s right-wing National Party-led coalition government used Waitangi Day on February 6, the country’s national day, to stoke racial divisions and divert attention from its escalating ...

Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's founding document: The Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori.

Google has dedicated its 6 February Doodle to Waitangi Day 2024, the national day of Aotearoa, which is the Māori name for New Zealand.

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called for an end to government policies that critics say erode the rights promised ...

Roughly 600 protesters on Tuesday (February 6) marched to where New Zealand’s founding document was signed in the town of Waitangi, as official celebrations competed with protests against ...

Today is Waitangi Day, the national day of Aotearoa-New Zealand. It commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, an 1840 agreement between native Māori and representatives of the British Crown, ...

A student opposing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill sits outside New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

The New Zealand Embassy in the Philippines commemorated Waitangi Day on Feb. 6 at the Ambassador's Official Residence in Makati City. The event celebrated Aotearoa's heritage and highlighted the ...

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.