Dozens of schools are giving their students and some teachers a four-day weekend, choosing not come back to class on Friday after the Waitangi Day holiday. That is despite Associate Education Minister ...

As the sun rose over Te Whare Rūnanga, the air filled with waiata, kōrero, and the sound of paddles cutting through the moana - thousands gathered at Waitangi , each carrying their own hopes and ...

There will also be three cruise ship visits, with a combined total of about 10,000 passengers, almost half of them aboard the Ovation of the Seas, contributing to the flow of the oldest form of ...

Interesting to note that the author of the seventh biggest-selling New Zealand novel in Waitangi Week, longlisted alongside ...

Ninety seventy-five in New Zealand – it was a balmy time of both change and comfort in Aotearoa. The population had just cracked more than three million, a half-dozen eggs cost 80 cents, Robert ...

Analysis - The prime minister's attendance at Ōnuku marae saw protest, distraction and delay. And it underlined his absence ...

This year's festivities at Waitangi are over - capping off a week filled with crowds, celebration, spectacle and debate. Yesterday there were two separate dawn ceremonies and a colourful waka launch ...

The Prime Minister received a warm welcome after heading south for Waitangi Day – but a warning that he must show stronger ...

Every year, hundreds of kaihoe (paddlers) from across New Zealand travel to a camp site in Waitangi known as “Tent City” to ...

Thousands gathered across New Zealand yesterday to celebrate the signing of the country’s founding document and some called ...

WAITANGI Day is a special public holiday in New Zealand that commemorates the country’s founding while respecting the rights of native Maoris’ and their heritage. In a sense, it aims to celebrate the ...

The bill's architect, David Seymour, met with protests at Waitangi marae — a Māori meeting house — during speeches by ...