The full text of Prime Minister John Key's Waitangi Day 2010 speech.

The Tino Rangatiratanga flag was raised alongside the New Zealand national flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge early today.

Prime Minister John Key will use his Waitangi Day address this morning to tackle extremists on both sides of the race relations divide.

The woman who designed the Tino Rangatiratanga flag disputes accusations that the family of embattled Maori Party MP Hone Harawira are "cashing in" on the flag.

Maori Party MP Hone Harawira's family reportedly planned to make money from the Govt's decision to allow the tino rangitiritanga flag to be flown on government buildings on Waitangi Day.

A Northland hapu leader says flying the "tino rangatiratanga" flag at the Treaty grounds during Waitangi celebrations would be a breach of treaty rights.

National MP Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi is threatening to take a south Auckland club to the Human Rights Commission over its headwear ban.

The Labour Party has described the decision to fly the Tino Rangatiratanga flag as the official flag of Maoridom as "tokenism".

Maori leaders disagree over whether the Tino Rangatiratanga flag will ever fly officially at Waitangi.

The Maori MP will reportedly apologise for racist remarks about white people and swearing when responding to a public email.

PM says Harawira should apologise, but ex-Labour MP Samuels says he should be made Maori Party leader.

Hone Harawira has escaped expulsion from the Maori Party, but is likely to be told to publicly apologise for his trip to Paris and an angry email.

Embattled Maori Party MP Hone Harawira was last night facing his party leadership to discuss disciplinary action.

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