You may have seen hakas performed on the sports or cultural stage around the world or watched a pōwhiri (Māori welcome) on the news, but you’ve never experienced an event like this before!
These are the main things you should know about the national day of New Zealand, commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840 – which is New Zealand’s founding document.
These are our recommendations for Kiwi books to read – our pick of a great bunch of New Zealand writers whose stories give you more of a sense of the Kiwi style of writing or about New Zealand’s history, place, traditions and people.