Whakaata Māori has got you covered this Waitangi Day with a feast of premieres and ... 11.45AM: WAIATA ANTHEMS – SONGS OF FREEDOM – For Fly My Pretties' lead singer Barnaby Weir, translating ...

A bill aimed at ending long-standing rights from the indigenous population has fuelled this year’s heated events.

The national holiday marks the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi between Maori chiefs and colonising British forces, widely seen as the birth of modern New Zealand.

Review: Last year's breakthrough artist, Charli XCX, brought it to Auckland at the Laneway Festival on Waitangi Day.

Mid Canterbury could be on course for introducing some form of cat management policy after conservationists asked for help to ...

Emotions ran high for the newest kapahaka group in town after their first performance. Te Whānau o Hakatere, the family of ...

Festivals like the biannual Tāmaki Herenga Waka Festival in Auckland celebrate Māori culture with opportunities to sail ...

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

Paepae in the Park - a Waitangi Day festival in Pātea - attracted about 1500 people this year, with the community coming together to celebrate. About 1500 people gathered in Pātea for a Waitangi ...

I don't mind telling you, I've kind of been dreading making any sort of editorial comment or opinion on Waitangi Day. Not because I don't think it's significant, but because I feel an expectation ...