Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's founding document: The Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in ...

New Zealand Maori activist Tame Iti gestures at the Waitangi Treaty House grounds ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations in Waitangi, northern New Zealand, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, center, arrives on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, for the Waitangi Day ceremonies at Ōnuku Marae, New Zealand. Credit: AP/Kai Schwoerer ...

New Zealand’s right-wing National Party-led coalition government used Waitangi Day on February 6, the country’s national day, to stoke racial divisions and divert attention from its escalating ...

Waitangi Day is considered to be New Zealand’s national day and has been observed as a public holiday since 1974. Read More. New Māori queen, 27, crowned in New Zealand as her father is buried.

This year's Waitangi Day is bigger than any of the past 30 years, as Māori from all over Aotearoa unite against a controversial government bill that could change the Treaty of Waitangi.

Waitangi Day was declared a national holiday in 1974, then named New Zealand Day. Since 2013 if the day falls over the weekend, the holiday is moved to the following Monday. Related articles ...

Eventually, a national holiday was granted from 1974 onwards, but it was called “New Zealand Day”; however, only a few years later, the Waitangi Day Act 1976 reinstated the name to Waitangi Day.

Waitangi Day: Thousands gather in NZ with Māori rights in focus. 6 February 2025. Share Save. Kathryn Armstrong. BBC News. Share Save. Getty Images. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed between many ...

Waitangi Day: Thousands gather in NZ with Māori rights in focus. Image source, Getty Images. Image caption, The Treaty of Waitangi was signed between many, but not all, Māori tribes and the ...