Waka from around the country lined up along the beach at Waitangi before being ceremonially launched this morning.

Media are being asked to cough up cash to cover Waitangi Day celebrations, with a Ngapuhi elder asking reporters and cameramen to hand over hundreds of dollars.

Ownership of landmark volcanic cones in Auckland has been offered to iwi as part of a new Treaty deal aimed at breaking the settlement paralysis in the region.

A tour operator is under fire for using fake Maori to attract tourists from cruise ships docking in Tauranga.

Famous stretch of coastline in the Far North could be renamed under a tentative Treaty of Waitangi deal.

Just under 50 per cent of Maori women smoke, compared to 20 per cent for the whole population aged 15 to 64.

Wat a great whimp-out the Government's decision on wether Whanganui should be spelt with an H has been.

A school principal wants the value of te reo exams reassessed, saying some students have it too easy.