For Waitangi Day, we"re visiting the spectacular landscape of Fiordland National Park on New Zealand"s South Island. Waitangi Day is New Zealand"s national day, established to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi on February 6, 1840. The document was signed by representatives of the British Crown and some 500 Māori chiefs to establish British law on the islands. The treaty also created the framework for political relations between New Zealand"s government and the Indigenous Māori people. It"s considered New Zealand"s founding document and a cornerstone in the country"s history.
Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
An opulent backdrop for a historic event
-
Tokyo welcomes a futuristic new art museum
-
The story of a rediscovered redwood
-
Happy Valentines Day!
-
Where do those colors come from?
-
Memorial Day
-
East River crossing
-
Methoni Castle, Messenia, Greece
-
Celebrating World Olive Tree Day
-
Cousins Day
-
World Space Week
-
High above the reef
-
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain
-
Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
-
Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
-
Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
-
Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
-
Joshua Tree National Park, California
-
A goldie gala
-
In celebration of cats
-
Swim city
-
Kjell Henriksen Observatory
-
Muir Woods National Monument anniversary
-
The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
-
Let’s go mothing
-
Beware the Ides of March
-
World Lizard Day
-
Lunar eclipse
-
Celebrating a Paris landmark
-
Black History Month
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

