Thousands gathered in Waitangi, New Zealand on Thursday (February 6) to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding ...

The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.

summits and cultural celebrations centred in northern New Zealand at the site of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. The treaty between the British Crown and more than 500 Māori chiefs ...

On Feb. 6 1840, representatives of the British Crown and 500 Māori tribal leaders signed a treaty at Waitangi, in New Zealand’s far north, agreeing to the terms of their relationship.

The event celebrated Aotearoa's heritage and highlighted the strengthening ties between the two countries. Waitangi Day marks the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi), New ...

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

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 ...

WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the ... to celebrate the country's founding day on Feb. 6, 1840, when the treaty was signed between the British Crown ...

Māori people are sick of being treated as 'second-class citizens' in New Zealand, cultural campaigners ... colonisers signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, which outlined the terms for their ...