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 ...

Police investigating alleged criminal behaviour by visiting Vietnamese officials are preparing an extradition file. Police ...

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 ...

The Treaty of Waitangi's anniversary passed quietly amid political strains in New Zealand. Prime Minister Luxon avoided the main event, with controversy over a proposed law redefining the treaty's ...

It's often a day marked by spirited politics and at times boisterous protest. But Thursday's anniversary of New ...

New Zealand marked Waitangi Day which laid the country bicultural foundation on Thursday to commemorate the 185th anniversary of the signing of the ...

Wellington Phoenix players thought they should have been awarded a penalty, but in the end had to settle with a 1-all draw ...

Waitangi Day marks the first signing of New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi or Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Māori between the British ...

OPINION Waitangi Day is a time to reflect on where we have come from and look forward to what we can achieve together. It has ...

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.