Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

On February 6, 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed for the first ... On January 29, 1840, chiefs from across the Bay of Islands received a letter from James Busby. It read: My dear friend ...

Thousands gathered in the heart of Northland’s Bay of Islands to commemorate Waitangi Day. A dawn ceremony at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds marked the beginning of ...

Waka are welcomed to Te Tii Bay for the Waitangi Day ceremonies in the Bay of Islands. This year’s commemorations ... with the backdrop of the divisive Treaty Principles Bill - promoted by ...

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

At the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in the ... Later, hundreds took to the Bay of Islands waters in an impressive display of traditional waka (or canoe) paddling. For the first time since 2017, the ...

a traditional waka parade and kapa haka held in the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds in the Bay of Islands in the North Island. Luxon said in his speech that Onuku Marae in Akaroa is where Ngai ...

New Zealand's Waitangi Day was overshadowed by controversy as Māori leaders condemned a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi. Methodist Church president Te Aroha Rountree likened the ...

E ngā mana, e ngā reo, e rau Rangatira. Two years ago here, I set out my party’s three goals for the Treaty. Since then I’ve held to these goals and promises. Some who heard my words here ...

Aside from the years interrupted by war, pandemic and weather, the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, and from 1941, the Royal New Zealand Navy have paraded at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.

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