HAPPY WAITANGI DAY! 🇳🇿 Celebrating New Zealand's long history and culture. This day commemorates the 184th year since the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi - considered as the nation's founding document between Maori chiefs and the British Crown. 🌿 #WaitangiDay 🖤 | Kimpoy Feliciano

The traditional waka flotilla's Northern crews are getting ready for this year's Waitangi Day celebrations on February 6. | Te Ao Māori News

Meet the Māori portrait connecting us to Waitangi Day. Senior Curator of Māori Art Nathan Pōhio and Head of Kaupapa Māori Joe Pihema share the story of Te Hira Te Kawau; his direct link to the signing of Te Tiriti and the gifting of land that became Tāmaki Makaurau. Gottfried Lindauer's portrait of Te Hira Te Kawau invites us to pause and reflect on the stories that continue to shape who we are today. Take a walk through history in our 'Ngā Taonga Tūturu: Treasured Māori Portraits' exhibition, o