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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.
Seymour's speech is disrupted while Jones threatens to cut government funding to the Waitangi National Trust. [46] [47] 6 February: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon attends Waitangi Day celebrations at Ngāi Tahu's Ōnuku marae in Akaroa. [48] The town hall in Roxburgh, Otago, which included the country's longest-running cinema, is destroyed by ...
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Micheál Martin (from 23 January 2025) Tánaiste: Micheál Martin (FF) (until 23 January 2025) Simon Harris (FG) (from 23 January 2025) Minister for Finance: Jack Chambers (FF) (until 23 January 2025) Paschal Donohoe (FG) (from 23 January 2025) Chief Justice: Donal O'Donnell; Dáil Éireann: 34th; Seanad Éireann: 26th (until 30 January 2025)
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 ...
The original flagstaff was erected by the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy just prior to the Waitangi Day celebrations of 1934. [5] The Waitangi Treaty Monument, built in circa 1880–1881 and also registered as a Category 1 heritage item, is located nearby. [6]