Waitangi Day

 The Treaty of Waitangi is a contract between the British Crown and the Maori Chiefs from the North Island of New Zealand to establish a relationship between the former rivals. It was signed by a former Lieutenant-Governor, William Hobson in 1840, 16 of February and was also signed by the Maori people using Maori translated Treaty. Henceforward in 1934, the Treaty hadn’t been celebrated yet until then. 

Up to now, there are people who accept this event as a day to celebrate every year; and those who are in opposition to this day being a “happy uniting day”. Citizens that celebrate Waitangi Day see it as the day the diversity in New Zealand was finally united and purified. Some also see Waitangi Day as a general public holiday to be with family and friends, which is great. Excluding this are a type of people who cannot tolerate this being a public holiday, and so petition that it’s a day of shame for New Zealand--remembering the violence between two races--” there’s no point! ” says Mike Hosking on television.

I myself can understand the perspective of both groups against the two different things, but however, I support the statement of it being a day to remember the alliance of the British and Maori because I personally believe that this day is appropriate for us to cherish, as it’s an important event to our New Zealand history and its indigenous people.