New Zealand Prepares To Celebrate Waitangi Day

PAIHIA, NEW ZEALAND - FEBRUARY 05: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key (C) is guided by Titewhai Harawera, a Ngapuhi elder (L) as he is welcomed onto TeTii Marae on February 5, 2010 in Waitangi, New Zealand. Waitangi Day is the national day of New Zealand, which is a public holiday held on February 6 each year to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. The treaty is New Zealand's founding document, signed on February 6, 1840. (Photo by Phil Walter/Getty Images)