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

3.15PM: TE ŌHĀKĪ – Renowned Māori artist, Whirimako Black unpacks issues around cultural reclamation and identity as she recreates her classic waiata, "Kei hea tōku reo", with artists who are on their ...

Waitangi leaders are warning of a “furore” building within te ao Māori that could disrupt this year’s Waitangi Day ...

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

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.

'Watch me in my great departure' sings Nadia Reid on her dazzling new album Enter Now Brightness. In the wake of the pandemic ...

Footage shows Kanye West leaving an after party after being "kicked out" of the Grammys when he turned up "uninvited" with ...

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

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

In its third year, Waitangi Day at Te Puia returns with a full-on day for whānau to experience cultural festivities and entertainment. The event starts at 9.30am and has a range of pā activities ...

From the dawn ceremony to the numerous local performances and powerful words, Waitangi Day 2025 was one to remember, but a highlight would have to be the record turn-out of waka.