New Zealand Maori activist Tame Iti gestures at the Waitangi Treaty House grounds ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations in Waitangi, northern New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, center, arrives on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, for the Waitangi Day ceremonies at Ōnuku Marae, New Zealand. Credit: AP/Kai Schwoerer ...

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. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon bucked tradition by choosing not ...

The annual Waitangi Day celebrations, which also included free concerts, sporting events and panel debates, have long been used as a time of protest. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon of ...

Eventually, a national holiday was granted from 1974 onwards, but it was called “New Zealand Day”; however, only a few years later, the Waitangi Day Act 1976 reinstated the name to Waitangi Day.

Wellington, Feb 6 (IANS) New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country's bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th annive. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

Bare-chested Maori bellowed haka chants Thursday to mark New Zealand’s national day, ... unaware,” Methodist Church leader Te Aroha Rountree said in an early-morning Waitangi Day speech.

THE New Zealand Embassy in Manila on February 6 commemorated “Waitangi Day,” which it considers a significant moment in its nation’s history. The day marks the signing of the “Treaty of ...

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 ...

WAITANGI Day is a special public holiday in New Zealand that commemorates the country’s founding while respecting the rights of native Maoris and their heritage. In a sense, it aims to celebrate ...