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![North Island Maori 'sorely tested' - tribunal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
North Island Maori 'sorely tested' - tribunal
Rapid colonisation left Maori in the lower North Island virtually landless and stripped them of decision-making power, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.
![Racism storm sweeps through sporting codes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Racism storm sweeps through sporting codes
'Cannibals' remark fuels racism-in-sport row across the Tasman.
![Queensland police conduct in Aboriginal man's death 'unacceptable'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Queensland police conduct in Aboriginal man's death 'unacceptable'
Queensland's crime watchdog has slammed the way police handled the death in custody of Palm Island man Cameron Doomadgee.
![Maori Party brushes off Harawira criticism of foreshore deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Maori Party brushes off Harawira criticism of foreshore deal
The Maori Party's often controversial MP Hone Harawira says the Prime Minister was "pandering to rednecks" over the foreshore and seabed deal.
![Foreshore agreement 'means ownership'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Foreshore agreement 'means ownership'
Maori groups awarded customary title in the foreshore and seabed will be the legal owners of it and the minerals beneath it.
![Foreshore plan opens door to Maori claims](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Foreshore plan opens door to Maori claims
The Govt will introduce a new property title that can be claimed over the foreshore and seabed.
![Tax would pull iwi out of 'depressed state'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Tax would pull iwi out of 'depressed state'
A Ngapuhi leader is calling for a nine per cent economic development tax to be levied on everyone living inside the iwi's boundary.
![Our wildlife: for sale to the highest bidder?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Our wildlife: for sale to the highest bidder?
As the Waitangi Tribunal prepares to issues its recommendations on the most far-reaching claim yet, an improved ability to talk through our different viewpoints will be critical.
![Ngapuhi pushes for 'tribal tax'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Ngapuhi pushes for 'tribal tax'
Northland Maori want a special economic development tax as part of their Treaty settlement.
![Iwi insist private titles must go](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Iwi insist private titles must go
Maori will refuse to forgo their rights to the foreshore and seabed unless private owners do the same, an iwi leaders' group has warned.
![TV host puts job on the line over <i>Marae</i>](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
TV host puts job on the line over <i>Marae</i>
A leading Maori journalist is threatening to walk away from TVNZ if proposals to revamp the Maori-focused current affairs show Marae go ahead, insiders say.
![Leading New Zealand filmmaker dies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=794)
Leading New Zealand filmmaker dies
Merata Mita, a co-producer of the hit NZ film Boy and a recipient of the NZ Order of Merit, has died in Auckland today.