National MP Tau Henare today rejected Hone Harawira's notion of not wanting his kids to date Pakeha, calling the comments racist and stupid.

Moves are under way to give Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples closer scrutiny of the estimated $250 million government spend on te reo initiatives.

A woman is traumatised after being filmed in a sex tape by Haimona Gardiner, a young Maori Party leader, her new partner says.

A panel of experts have taken part in an online seminar to assess whether NZ should scrap GST on healthy foods.

Team New Zealand is among dozens of organisations that have lost their charitable status in a crackdown by the new Charities Commission.

Department of Corrections bosses found taxpayers could be liable for lawsuits from prison guards exposed to inmates' second-hand smoke.

Three men gave DNA samples after being threatened with arrest, says their lawyer as the Hone Harawira claims widen.

The Maori Party's often controversial MP Hone Harawira says the Prime Minister was "pandering to rednecks" over the foreshore and seabed deal.

Maori groups awarded customary title in the foreshore and seabed will be the legal owners of it and the minerals beneath it.

The Govt will introduce a new property title that can be claimed over the foreshore and seabed.

National has relaxed the threshold for claiming customary title but the iwi leaders want it relaxed even further.