Protesters turn their backs on Act leader David Seymour during his speech at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds marae ... Speaker of the House Gerry Brownlee accepted the first wero, followed by David ...

it was decided the official pōwhiri for MPs should move to the meeting house, Te Whare Rūnanga, on the Upper Treaty Grounds. The tensions led to some Prime Ministers refusing to attend Waitangi ...

New Zealand commemorates its national day on Thursday, Waitangi Day, marking 185 years since the signing of its foundational document in 1840. At the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in the country's north ...

Dr Marilyn Waring is the author of numerous works, most recently her anthology of writings, In The Lifetime of a Goat I am ...

The bill's architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by political leaders on Wednesday, as he made a fresh pitch for the law. The measures ...

In modern times, annual events attended by lawmakers and Indigenous leaders at the treaty grounds have ... met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches ...

Scores of Maori men in traditional garb lined the shore outside the Waitangi treaty grounds for a mass haka ... a “marae” – or Maori meeting house – in New Zealand’s South Island.