The Treaty of Waitangi, considered New Zealand’s founding document, takes its name from the Bay of Islands location.

The most popular item being sold was anything with a tino rangatira or whakaputanga flag on it ... to be part of the day. This could be one of the biggest turn-outs in Waitangi on Waitangi ...

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 ...