Waitangi Day 2025 in pictures


Tamariki, Raupatu Hetaraka from Ngāti Kahu watching the kaihoe at Waitangi Day 2025.

Tamariki, Raupatu Hetaraka from Ngāti Kahu watching the kaihoe at Waitangi Day 2025.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

A dawn ceremony has marked the beginning of Waitangi Day commemorations at Te Whare Rūnanga Marae on the upper Treaty grounds.

Events are also being held throughout the country, with hundreds of people expected at Ōnuku Marae in Akaroa – Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon among them.

The Waitangi Day commemorations will include a flag raising ceremony, and the traditional waka parade.

Here’s the day so far, captured in pictures:

Prime Minister arriving at Ōnuku Marae

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is welcomed on to Ōnuku marae.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is welcomed on to Ōnuku marae.
Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrives to be welcomed on to Ōnuku Marae.

Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon are among the hundreds of people expected at Ōnuku Marae .
Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer

Ōnuku welcomes


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Prime Minister Christopher Luxon arrives to be welcomed on to Ōnuku Marae.

The Prime Minister being welcome onto the Marae.
Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer

Ōnuku welcomes


Photo: RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Onuku Marae ahead of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's arrival.

Onuku Marae ahead of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s arrival.
Photo: RNZ / Russell Palmer

Ōnuku welcomes


Photo: RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon

Waitangi Day at Onuku Marae 2025.

Waitangi Day at Onuku Marae 2025.
Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon

Kaihoe at Waitangi

The kaihoe arrives.

The kaihoe arrives.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

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The waka hitting the water.
Photo: RNZ/Layla Bailey-McDowell

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The kaihoe arrives.

Waitangi Day commemorations will also include a flag raising ceremony.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

Kandyss Hetaraka from Whangaruru.

Kandyss Hetaraka from Whangaruru.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

Kaihoe at Waitangi Day 2025.

Kaihoe at Waitangi Day 2025.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

A mass haka breaks out on the beach.

A mass haka breaks out on the beach.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

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Kaihoe arriving at low tide.
Photo: RNZ / Layla Bailey-McDowell

The Dawn Ceremony

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Dawn ceremony.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

Māori wardens at the dawn service.

Māori wardens at the dawn service.
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

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Hundreds at the dawn ceremony.
Photo: RNZ

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New Zealand politicians at the ceremony.
Photo: RNZ

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Waitangi Day 2025.


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