The first time Matarora Smith worked Waitangi Day commemorations in Paihia, she felt the wairua and whakapapa of the historic place. Driving the windy roads up from Auckland, the excitement ...

Haka chants rang out across the 42,000-strong crowd as it moved through Wellington on Tuesday in the final stage of a nine-day 100km walk ... draped in traditional feather cloaks were joined ...

Prayers as dawn awakened for Waitangi Day...known as New Zealand's national day, which drew the biggest crowd in three decades. It was an early start at the ...