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'Be more creative': Tāme Iti challenges te iwi Māori
Rights activist Tāme Iti has been a leading figure in Māoridom for the past 50 years.

Claire Trevett: Luxon declares Treaty Principles Bill a dead duck walking before it's even born
OPINION: Anger about David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill was palpable at Waitangi.

Like an awkward first date: Successful Waitangi marked good start between Māori and Govt
The Waitangi Day commemorations were "fantastic", Waitangi National Trust chair says.

Govt to introduce bill axing funding for cultural reports for offenders
The Government has one month left to complete its 100-day plan.

Richard Prebble: No court has ever said the Treaty created a legal partnership
OPINION: Laws are what are passed by Parliament as interpreted by the courts.

Act launches campaign to twist National's arm on Treaty referendum
The Act Party has begun a campaign to goad National into backing a Treaty vote.

Iwi leader wins the right to sue seven big polluters
Mike Smith gets his day in court against seven major emitters.

League legends and golfers combine for par-ty
Charity golf day raises funds for Northland youth rugby league.

Don’t come to talk at us about us, Northland MP tells Government
Mariameno Kapa-Kingi's advice to the Government - ignore us at your peril.

Simon Wilson at Waitangi: A decent chunk of the nation has come together. This is us
OPINION: We came together in great numbers on Waitangi Day. For what?

'The younger ones have to learn...their history' -Polynesian Panther Tigilau Ness
Prominent Polynesian Panther Tigilau Ness: “We’ve never stopped fighting for our rights."

Banks Peninsula will host thousands at today's Waitangi Day celebrations
2000 to 6000 people are expected at Okains Bay today.

The redress deed Te Ruruku Pūtakerongo is not yet legally binding.
Taranaki Māori leaders fear maunga deal at risk.

The value of financial assets owned by 10 big post-settlement iwi
Asset returns decreased and half the iwi reported financial losses.

Property Insider: Apartment ‘hell’ in new series; magic behind early highway fix; Chinese exodus
Owners spent about $15m trying to fix The Ridge apartments: it's stripped out, empty.

Simon Wilson: Christopher Luxon’s outrageous Waitangi speech
OPINION: The PM failed to rise to an historic occasion at Waitangi yesterday.

Google celebrates Waitangi Day with kotahitanga Māori design on homepage
Māori designer Vincent Egan created the Google Doodle.

Questions raised over Waititi’s suggestion Māori need their own trade agreements
Recent trade agreements include chapters aimed at promoting Māori businesses.

History-making Māori land marches woven into defence at Harawira child sex-abuse trial
The complainant acknowledged disliking the defendant's high-profile activist family.

'We have to be a lot smarter today': Tāme Iti welcomed back to Waitangi
White flags were waving this morning as a sign of a new blank canvas.

Some politicians are trying to light the racial powder keg - Tamaki
Māori are a powder keg and some politicians are lighting the wick - Brian Tamaki

Greens co-leader says party here to uphold the mana of tangata whenua
Marama Davidson says they are a Treaty party, not a Māori party.

'We don’t believe Treaty is a partnership between races' - Seymour on eve of Waitangi
David Seymour: No successful society has divided itself by race.

Simon Wilson: The spirit of Waitangi - unity, righteous anger, jokes and music
OPINION: There's a common purpose at Waitangi this year but the Government isn't here yet.

Editorial: Govt needs to turn tide in educational achievement
The Government can’t sit on its hands and needs to show a comprehensive plan.

Paku co-founder on introducing future generations to Matauranga Māori
Co-founder James Prier says the team launched their second product last year.

Young Warriors return to Waitangi older and wiser
Nga Tamatoa return to Waitangi in force after 53 years.

Mary Los’e: I needed to get something more potent than the male appendage
From playing psycho Nurse Ana to aiding Pasifika people, Mary Los’e has a wide career arc.

The Treaty is bilingual and indivisible - Shane Jones
We need a renewed belief in our future Treaty partnership principles