Waitangi Day in New Zealand is marked by controversy as Māori leaders condemn a proposed bill to redefine the Treaty of ...

James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mt. Egmont. In 1840, Maori tribes and representatives of the British ...

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

Tensions are running high on the eve of the country's national day, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi ... In New Zealand, there were notions of a separate Maori Health Authority ...

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

WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand ... Treaty of Waitangi 185 years ago, laying the foundation for what was hoped would be a lasting partnership. Ngai Tahu is the principal Maori iwi ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing ... critics say erode the rights promised to the indigenous Maori population. As the sun rose on the dawn service at Waitangi ...

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand. More than 80,000 people were expected to ...

Hurst spent two months at the end of last year travelling around New Zealand talking to Māori ... As we approach Waitangi Day, the commemoration brings mixed feelings for Hurst.

Maori women have led a protest on the eve of the country's national day, as New Zealand's would-be constitutional revisionist David Seymour delivered an incendiary address at the Waitangi Treaty ...

But Thursday’s anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi, passed in muted fashion with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon absent from the main commemorations ...

insisting it would "honour the treaty and work in partnership with Maori". New Zealand commemorates its national day on Thursday, Waitangi Day, marking 185 years since the signing of its ...