Waitangi (pronounced Why-tang-ee) Day commemorates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, which was done on 6th February 1840, whereupon New Zealand became part of the British Empire and the British guaranteed Maori land rights. Waitangi is a place right at the tippy-top of the North Island, and in Maori it means weeping waters. It's a public holiday. This all sounds nice and fluffy, doesn't