Instead, the Waitangi Day Act was passed in 1960 which made it possible for a local region to substitute Waitangi Day as an alternative to an existing public holiday. In 1973, legislation was passed to recognise this date as a nation-wide public holiday to commemorate the signing of te Tir...
Waitangi Day commemorates the first signing of New Zealand’s founding document – the Treaty at Waitangi in 1840. It is a public holiday in New Zealand on February 6 each year. Is Waitangi Day a Public Holiday? Waitangi Day is a public holiday. It is a day off for the general populatio...