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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.
1 June – David Seymour will replace Winston Peters as deputy prime minister, as part of the coalition agreement in 2023. [39] 2 June – The 2025 King's Birthday Honours will be announced. Mid 2025 – Construction of the Te Ahu a Turanga – Manawatū Tararua Highway is expected to be finished. [40] 11 October: The 2025 local elections will ...
1 January [a] New Year's Day: No 2 January [b] Day after New Year's Day No 6 February [a] Waitangi Day: No The Friday before Easter Sunday: Good Friday: Yes The day after Easter Sunday: Easter Monday: No 25 April [a] Anzac Day: Yes (until 1 pm) The first Monday in June King's Birthday: No
Happy 2025! In some parts of the world, anyway. The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, with its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at 5 a.m. ET on Tuesday.
It did not make Waitangi Day a public holiday, [1] but allowed the Governor-General to declare it one in any region, in substitute for that region's anniversary public holiday. The act contained the English-language version of the Treaty of Waitangi as a schedule, the first time that the Treaty had appeared anywhere in New Zealand legislation.
The wharenui of the marae is called Ngā Tūmanako. The whakairo of the wharenui was designed by Hōne Taiapa, and primarily carved by Laurie Nicholas [12] While typical marae depict tupuna (ancestors) or traditional stories associated with the area, a different style was chosen for Hoani Waititi Marae, as the marae was not claiming traditional ownership of West Auckland, instead acting as an ...
Valentine's Day, 14 February; Loud Shirt Day, 24 February (2023, No information available for 2022) [1] Children's Day, first Sunday in March; International Women's Day, 8 March; Walk To Work Day, second Wednesday of March [2] World Sleep Day, 15 March [3] Saint Patrick's Day, 17 March; Race Relations Day, 22 March; World Haemophilia Day, 17 April
The NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours are an annual award made by the Board of the New Zealand Society of Authors (Pen NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) after a call for nominations from NZSA members. They are given to one or more candidates to celebrate and acknowledge literary success, [1] especially on the international stage. [2]