Tuhoe representatives believe they had Cabinet numbers to secure ownership of Te Urewera National Park but say a nervous prime minister acting unilaterally stood in the way.

A large North Island iwi has adopted a bold strategy that will lead to a ban on bringing tobacco to events it controls.

Samantha Harris's mother was one of the "Stolen Generations", removed from her parents because she was black.

Titewhai Harawira questioned the Waitangi Tribunal’s right to assess her iwi’s claims when the tribunal opened its hearing this morning.

National's stack of agreements with the Maori Party may spark Cabinet dissent.

Aussie anti-immigration campaigner Pauline Hanson has put her Queensland home on the market - but not for everyone.

The PM says the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous people that NZ signed up to overnight will have no practical effect, but Rodney Hide disagrees.

National has agreed to support the contentious UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Inuit actor, artist and teacher Natar Ungalaaq tells Peter Calder about storytelling and cultural isolation.

We're going nuts for Boy. Coming up to its third week at the top of the local box office, it's a runaway hit.