'The time feels right': Prince Charles welcomed to New Zealand's founding site of Waitangi

Britain's Prince Charles, wearing a traditional cloak, is greeted by Dame Nadia Galvish during a visit to Waitangi Treaty Grounds in Waitangi, New Zealand November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy/File Photo

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - For Ngati Kawa Taituha, the welcoming of Prince Charles onto the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in New Zealand's far north on Wednesday marks the latest step towards finally fulfilling the promise of New Zealand's founding document.

Taituha's ancestors were among the 40 Māori leaders who signed the Treaty of Waitangi with representatives of Prince Charles's great-great-great grandmother, Queen Victoria, at the site in 1840. Hundreds more chiefs around the country signed soon after.