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Between 8 November 1939 and 4 May 1940 more than 2.6 million people visited the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition in Wellington; this represents an average daily attendance of about 17,000 people. The government spent £250,000 – more than $19 million in today's money – on the exhibition.

Learn about some of the key events from 1950  onwards relating to the Treaty of Waitangi.

In the 1990s Waitangi Day events became a focus for protests about sovereignty.