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There have been two Waitangi Day acts passed by the New Zealand Parliament: the Waitangi Day Act 1960 and the Waitangi Day Act 1976. Neither made 6 February (Waitangi Day) a public holiday; this was done by the New Zealand Day Act 1973. The first Waitangi Day act acknowledged the Treaty of Waitangi.
Waitangi Day (Māori: Te Rā o Waitangi), the national day of New Zealand, marks the anniversary of the initial signing—on 6 February 1840—of the Treaty of Waitangi.The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement towards British sovereignty by representatives of the Crown and indigenous Māori chiefs, and so is regarded by many as the founding document of the nation.
In 1960 the first Waitangi Day Act was passed by the second Labour Government, enabling any area of the country to substitute a Waitangi Day holiday for its provincial anniversary day. This was done for Northland in 1963 through the Waitangi Day Amendment Act passed by the second National Government. [1]
The following lists events that happened during 1960 in New ... Passing of the Waitangi Day Act 1960, first step towards a national day. 26 November: 1960 New Zealand ...
The Reserve Act of New Zealand Amendment Bill (1960) affirmed the sovereign right of the Crown to control credit and currency. [ 3 ] Tax rates for working couples without families and for single people were lifted, with the level at which people started to pay income tax reduced from £375 to £338 for the 1958–59-year, and to £300 in ...
New Zealand's national day 6 February renamed from New Zealand Day to Waitangi Day; Matrimonial Property Act passed. Pacific Islands "overstayers" deported. EEC import quotas for New Zealand butter set until 1980. Introduction of metric system of weights and measures. Subscriber toll dialling introduced. Lyttelton–Wellington steamer ferry ...
Waitangi Day, a New Zealand public holiday; Waitangi Day Acts, two acts passed by the New Zealand Parliament in 1960 and 1976; Waitangi Park, recreation space in Wellington, New Zealand; Waitangi Treaty Monument, Paihia, New Zealand; Waitangi Tribunal, a New Zealand permanent commission of inquiry; Waitangi River (disambiguation)
In 1975 the Treaty of Waitangi Act established the Waitangi Tribunal to hear claims about Crown acts that were inconsistent with the principles of the Treaty. It allowed any Māori to lodge a claim against the Crown for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi and its principles. Originally its mandate was limited to claims about contemporary issues ...