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 ...

Tensions are running high on the eve of the country's national day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Crown in 1840. On Wednesday was the annual gathering ...

New Zealand's Waitangi Day was overshadowed by controversy ... "should've shown some leadership" and attended events at treaty grounds "on a day when we're talking about the future of the country".

Scores of Maori men in traditional garb lined the shore outside the Waitangi treaty grounds for a mass haka performance on Thursday morning. A fleet of traditional “waka” canoe were then ...

Protesters calling on the New Zealand government to "honour the Treaty" at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Waitangi in 2024. Source: AAP / Ben McKay Flavell grew up speaking te reo Māori (native ...

Prime Minister Chris Luxon has used his Waitangi Day address to settle nerves over his government's attitude to Maori and the ...

But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in muted ... and Indigenous leaders at the treaty grounds have allowed the groups to speak face ...

The hīkoi is not the only activation taking place at Waitangi commemorations this year. On Wednesday morning, Toitu Te Tiriti led a march to the Upper Treaty Grounds, where the pōwhiri was ...