From the dawn ceremony to the numerous local performances and powerful words, Waitangi Day 2025 was one to remember, but a ...

Every year, hundreds of kaihoe (paddlers) from across New Zealand travel to a camp site in Waitangi known as “Tent City” to ...

A Dutch paddler who has travelled around the world to take part in today’s Waitangi Day commemorations says getting involved ...

A photo shared on social media claiming to be from Waitangi Day celebrations was taken at a different event last year, a ...

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

Thousands of people - and waka - gathered for commemorations to celebrate Waitangi Day today. Many had travelled to the same place where, 185 years prior, Māori and Pākehā had come together to ...

one of the few waka exclusively paddled by wāhine. Representing Ngāti Whakaue and Taranaki, she said the journey to Waitangi was hard work, but ultimately rewarding. "We practiced all through ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the ...

A Waka, a Māori canoe, is paddled at at Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, as the country begins to mark the anniversary of its founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi.