Waitangi Day: "He Iwi Kotahi Tatou"

Today, 6 February, is Waitangi Day, New Zealand's national holiday. For blog readers who are not Kiwi (aka a New Zealander) the significance of  Waitangi Day is that it marks the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi 172 years ago by the Maori chiefs of NZ and the British Crown. As a result of the treaty, NZ officially became part of the British Empire. It's celebrated on 6 February and called "Waitangi Day" because although the treaty was subsequently taken all around New Zealand, it was first s...