Why Waitangi day is a public holiday

Why Waitangi day is a public holiday

Waitangi day is where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed commemorates a significant day in the history of New Zealand.

Held each year on the 6 of February we have a public holiday to celebrate the signing of the treaty of waitangi on the date in 1840.

Waitangi is near Haruru and Paihia at Waitangi National Reserve in the north island.

Waitangi Day was proposed as a public holiday by New Zealand Labour Party in their 1957 party manifesto after Labour won the election they were reluctant to create a new public holiday.