Waitangi Day 2026 around Aotearoa

There are lots of events happening around the country to celebrate Waitangi Day 2026. Below you’ll find links that will give you more information about these events.

Looking for a celebration near you? The below list mostly goes from north to south. The Māori names of each city/town is on the left, with the English names on the right.

Waitangi
Location: Waitangi Treaty Grounds and Te Tiriti o Waitangi Marae
Time: 5.00am-5.00pm
Free

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland
Location: Auckland Harbour Bridge
Time: 9.00pm-11.15pm
Each night from 30 January to 8 February, the Auckland Harbour Bridge will be lit up with a Waitangi-themed light and sound show.

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland - Glen Eden
Location: Parrs Park, 471-479 West Coast Road
Time: 11.00am-3.00pm
Free

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland - Glen Innes
Location: Ōmaru (Point England) Reserve, 254 Point England Road
Time: 10.00am-3.00pm
Free

Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland - Manukau
Location: Manukau Sports Bowl, Te Irirangi Drive
Time: 10.00am-4.00pm
Free

Whitianga
Location: Buffalo Beach Reserve
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
Free

Kirikiriroa | Hamilton
Location: Te Whare Taonga o Waikato Museum & Gallery, 1 Grantham Street
Time: 10.00am-5.00pm
Free

Tauranga
Location: The Historic Village, 159 Seventeenth Avenue West
Time: 10.00am-3.00pm
Free

Rotorua
Location: Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute, 20 Hemo Road
Time: 9.00am-3.00pm
Adults $5.00, children 16 and under free

Taupo
Location: Riverside Park
Time: 10.00am-3.00pm
Free

Ngāmotu | New Plymouth
Location: Ngāmotu Beach, Ocean View Parade
Time: 3.00pm-6.00pm
Free

Wairoa
Location: Manukanui Pa | Wairoa Library Green, 212 Marine Parade
Time: 9.00am-12.00pm
Free

Heretaunga | Hastings
Location: Waikoko Gardens, Tomoana Showgrounds, Kenilworth Road
Time: 9.00am-3.30pm
Free

Otane
Location: Otane Town Hall, Higginson Street
9.00am-2.00pm
Free

Te Papa-i-Oea | Palmerston North
Location: Te Marae o Hine – The Square
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
Free

Te Awahou | Foxton
Location: Te Awahou Nieuwe Stroom, 92 Main Street
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Free

Tairoko | Levin
Location: Muaūpoko Park (Lake Horowhenua), 185-189 Queen Street West
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
Free

Whakaoriori | Masterton
Location: Rohipa Pā (between Queen Elizabeth Park and Masterton Skatepark)
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
Free

Porirua
Location: Te Rauparaha Park and Arena, 17 Parumoana Street
Time: 12pm-5pm
Free

Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
Location: Waitangi Park, Wellington Waterfront
Time: 12.00pm-6.00pm
Free

Whakatū | Nelson
Location: Whakatū Marae and Founders Heritage Park
Time: 9.00am-3.00pm
Free

Waiharakeke | Blenheim
Location: Seymour Square
Time: 9.00am-2.00pm
Free

Kaiapoi
Location: Trousselot Park, 33 Charles Street
Time: 11.00am-3.00pm
Free

Kawatea | Okains Bay
Location: Okains Bay Museum, 1146 Okains Bay Road
Time: 9.00am
Free

Kāritāne
Location: Kāritāne Māori Tours, 121 Grimness Street
Time: 8.00am-11.00am and 1.00pm-4.00pm
Free

Timaru
Location: Te Aitarakihi, 50 Bridge Road
Time: 10.00am-2.00pm
Free

Ōtepoti | Dunedin
Location: Dunedin Botanic Gardens (Rotunda Lawn)
Time: 11.00am-1.00pm
Free

Waihōpai | Invercargill
Location: Esk Street
Time: 11.00am-2.00pm
Free

Rangiauria | Pitt Island
Location: The Den, Norman Kirk Memorial Reserve
Time: 11.00am-2.00pm