Thousands of people have attended events in Waitangi in northern New Zealand, to celebrate the country's national day.

A dawn ceremony marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds. Events were also held throughout the country, with hundreds of people ...

In the early 1970s I rarely made it to Waitangi because February 6 was the day pupils returned to St Stephen’s School. A time when the Treaty was not curriculum material. Rather a matter ...