In 1976, the Waitangi Day Act restored the former name, and for the first time, Waitangi Day was a public holiday to commemorate the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi. In the last 25–30 years the style and mood of the commemorations have been influenced by the increasingly heated debate ...
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...
February 6th is Waitangi Day in Aotearoa/New Zealand. It celebrates the date of the first signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Waitangi is in the Bay of Islands in Te Ika A Maui / North Island. Waitangi Day becomes a public holiday The New Zealand Government announced that Waitangi...