6th February is a public holiday each year and actually NZ's national day! New Zealanders of all ethnic backgrounds and creeds gather to commemorate the first signing of the Treaty at Waitangi in 1840. Waitangi Day is a generally optimistic focus for debate on national identity and multiculturalism in New Zealand.
At the Treaty Grounds a peaceful family-oriented celebration prevails.
It was in 1840 when English settlers (the Crown) and Northern Maori tribes signed the so-called Treaty of Waitangi: 'We are one people now!'.
It is the birth of 'New Zealand' and some refer to the previous period as the days of Aoteaora!
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