Maori perform a welcome Dhaka for New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and officials at the Waitangi Treaty House marae ahead of Waitangi Day celebrations in Waitangi, northern New Zealand ...

A large group of Maori men in traditional attire lined the shore outside the Waitangi treaty grounds for a mass haka. (EPA Images pic) Bare-chested Maori bellowed haka chants Thursday to mark New ...

The Waitangi Day national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840 by Maori chiefs and the British Crown [Fiona Goodall/Getty Images] Why is the bill so ...

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. Credit: AP ...

New Zealand gathers to celebrate and debate country's founding document on national day Protesters in Christchurch and Wellington demand Treaty of Waitangi be honoured Concern government policies ...

It talks about Queen Victoria’s role in establishing the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi and criticises the Crown’s historical breaches of its promises, noting that while Maori-Crown relations had ...

As the sun rose on the dawn service at Waitangi where the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between the British Crown and Maori chiefs in 1840, some community leaders called on the government to ...

Waitangi commemorations in Te Tai Tokerau are supported by wardens from across the motu, with between 60 to 100 wardens from different districts travelling up for the week. "It's a lot of work.

New Zealand's Waitangi Day chaos tells a very modern race relations story that Australians know all too well. ... commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi between Maori and the Crown in ...

Maori mark New Zealand's national day with haka, protests The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of ...