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 ...

On behalf of the United States of America, I send my warmest wishes to the people of Aotearoa New Zealand as you commemorate Waitangi Day. The United States deeply values our strong relationship with ...

A Dawn Ceremony marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae, while a traditional waka parade took place in front of Te Tii Marae before docking near the lower Treaty ...

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

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

A group representing nurses in New Zealand says culturally-safe ratios within the profession must be urgently introduced to turn around Māori health inequities and improve whānau health and well-being ...

APEX union says workers at private providers Awanui Labs, Pathlab Limited and Medlab are paid up to 32-percent less than those doing the same work for Health New Zealand. Many locations are also ...

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 ...

February 6th has seen its share of transformative events throughout history, marking significant changes in politics, culture ...

Two experienced hikers were rescued after an hourslong ordeal in which they became stranded in waist-deep snow and whiteout ...