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Kathryn Armstrong - BBC News. February 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed between many, but not all, Māori tribes and the British Crown at Waitangi on 6 February 1840 [Getty ...
The holiday, known as Waitangi Day, is held on Feb. 6 to mark the anniversary of the Treaty of Waitangi, a foundation document signed by British colonists and Maori chiefs in 1840 that establishes ...
The Taranaki Maunga settlement is the latest that has been reached with Māori in an attempt to provide compensation for breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi - which established New Zealand as a ...
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.
The Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Bill, commonly known as the Treaty Principles Bill, is a government bill [1] promoted by David Seymour of the ACT New Zealand party. . It aims to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi and put them to a nationwide referendum for confirmation.
Waitangi [a] is a locality on the north side of the Waitangi River in the Bay of Islands, 60 kilometres (37 miles) north of Whangārei, on the North Island of New Zealand. It is close to the town of Paihia, to which it is connected by a bridge near the mouth of the Waitangi River estuary. While Statistics New Zealand and NZ Post consider the ...
Both the New Zealand National Party and New Zealand First said they would not support the bill's passage into law. [20] Joel MacManus of The Spinoff estimated it was the largest protest Wellington had ever seen, and possibly the largest in New Zealand's history. [50] The BBC described it as "one of the biggest in the country's history". [42]
The Treaty House (Māori: Whare Tiriti) at Waitangi in Northland, New Zealand, is the former house of the British Resident in New Zealand, James Busby. The Treaty of Waitangi, the document that established the British Colony of New Zealand, was signed in the grounds of the Treaty House on 6 February 1840.