Thousands gathered in Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday (February 6) to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document.

A dawn service was held on Monday to mark the completion of significant renovations to the 101-year-old wharenui on the Lower Treaty Grounds – its full name Te Tiriti o Waitangi 1840.

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 ... "should've shown some leadership" and attended events at treaty grounds "on a day when we're talking about the future of the country".

On Wednesday was the annual gathering of political leaders on the Waitangi Treaty grounds. The occasion has often been marred by little ructions and spats, activists jostling through the Prime ...

The Treaty of Waitangi's anniversary passed quietly amid political strains in New Zealand. Prime Minister Luxon avoided the main event, with controversy over a proposed law redefining the treaty's ...

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 ...

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 ...