Waitangi Day 2025
Āhea | When 12 noon–6pm, Thursday 6 February 2025
Ki hea | Where Waitangi Park, Wellington Waterfront | View on Google Maps
Te utu | Cost Free
Nau mai, haere mai! Te Rā o Waitangi is a free, whānau-friendly event, to commemorate the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) and Aotearoa New Zealand’s national day. It's about coming together to celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand and acknowledging our treaty obligations and partnerships.
Bring your friends and whānau and enjoy multi-cultural performances, Māori culture, activities, and kai.
Te Rā o Waitangi 2025 acknowledges turangawaewae and whakapapa for all - where is the place you lay down your roots? Where is your family from? It is a celebration of the things we share and the things about us that are different.
Come and see the artwork created by artists Keri-Mei Zagrobelna (Te Āti Awa/Whānau-ā-Apanui) and Tina Rae Carter (Scottish, Celtic, Nordic, Anglo-Saxon, NZ European). This work explores the things that all New Zealanders share, and all the things that make us unique. The work was commissioned in 2024 and adorns the stage in 2025.
There will be arts and crafts stalls, ‘The Eggfruit’, a voice recording activation by Barbarian Productions, and a Kids Zone with a taonga tākaro Māori run by Hiwa Kapa Haka, 1pm – 3pm, and a kite-making workshop, 1.30pm – 4pm, run by the artists above.
Visit the multi-cultural food stalls and trucks. There is a fundraiser hāngi from midday, but be in quick, they sell out fast!
For event updates and cancellation please visit our Facebook event page.
Programme
Download a printable version of the main stage programme.