A big crowd gathered at Waitangi’s Treaty Grounds yesterday to witness history as the new Māori Queen, Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, was formally welcomed for the first time. Accompanied by ...

In Akaroa, Mr Luxon acknowledged that division and championed the local Maori tribe, Ngai Tahu, in speech at the Maori ...

Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori between the British Crown and Māori chiefs in 1840. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ...

But Thursday's anniversary of New Zealand's founding document, the Treaty of Waitangi ... met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by political leaders ...

WELLINGTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand marked Waitangi Day, which laid the country's bicultural foundation, on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of ...