06FEB2019 - Holiday Today - New Zealand

New Zealand - Waitangi Day
Waitangi Day is a public holiday in New Zealand celebrated on February 6. It honors a significant event in the country's history, the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on February 6, 1850 by Māori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown. The treaty brought New Zealand into the British Empire. It was supposed to give Māori the rights of British subjects, but they eventually lost much of their land and were treated unequally.
The first Waitangi Day is believed to have been celebrated in 1934, when Governor-General Lord Bledisloe purchased the house where the treaty was signed. But annual celebrations did not begin until 1947. The 1947 celebration included a Royal New Zealand Navy ceremony. Subsequently, Māori representatives started to participate in the celebratory events.

Bunker Price at New Zealand Ports