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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.
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.
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Treaty of Waitangi, a New Zealand constitutional document; 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 ...
This is a list of television stations in Canada licensed to broadcast by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), all having call signs which begin with the letter C. A blue background indicates a station that continues to broadcast exclusively via an analogue transmission in lieu of a conversion to digital ...
The channel—which was initially licensed as a Category B specialty channel—was based on the U.S. cable network of the same name. As with its U.S. namesake, it served as a sister network to the Canadian version of HGTV , with an initial focus on instructional programming relating to " do it yourself " (DIY) activities such as home improvement.
The decision to call the day New Zealand Day rather than Waitangi Day was made by various people within the government, including Prime Minister Norman Kirk and his Minister of Māori Affairs Matiu Rata. They felt that the name New Zealand Day would emphasise that the day was New Zealand's national day, and that it was for all New Zealanders ...