Enjoy a winter visit to the birthplace of the nation

The ice-blue skies or misty seascapes of winter create a special mood at Waitangi and smaller numbers of visitors enhance the peaceful setting. Note that adults must purchase General Admission ($12) in addition to tours.

 

Embrace Waitangi

Embrace WaitangiA 60-minute professionally guided tour with personal stories and historical accounts of New Zealand’s bicultural evolution and the Treaty of Waitangi.

9:15 / 10:30 / 1:30pm Daily
$10 adult, $5 child.

Nga Manu o Waitangi

ShowtimeLive performance - 30 minutes of song and dance from a family group featuring the distinctive musical arts of the Northern Maori tribes.

11:30 / 1:30pm / 2:30pm Saturday only
$12 adult, $6 child.

Audio-visual runs on the hour and half hour, 9am to 4pm daily except Saturday, when the live performance at above times occupies the theatre.

Grounds are open 9am-5pm in winter.

Extended opening times apply from 1 October, when extra shows and tours expand Waitangi into an experience requiring more than one day!

The only day we close is 25 December.