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.

The Department of Internal Affairs has apologised to a mother after it admitted failing to uphold the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in dealing with her.

"At the drop of a hat and for the clinking of some dollars, we'll turn on a powhiri for Mickey and Minnie," complains Labour MP Shane Jones.

Tuhoe are holding emergency hui to discuss John Key's announcement that iwi ownership of the Urewera National Park is off the negotiating table.

The 2007 'anti-terror raids' reaffirmed old suspicions and helped quicken the enthusiasm for a "Tuhoe Nation", writes historian Paul Moon.

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.

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.