![Te reo no longer silenced](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Te reo no longer silenced
Several generations ago, children who dared to speak te reo Maori at school were cruelly silenced.
Several generations ago, children who dared to speak te reo Maori at school were cruelly silenced.
Gareth Morgan says the National Party a decade ago was "harsh and intolerant" - but not many people turn up to hear him speak.
The Governor-General will mark the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi by visiting the historic Mangungu Mission in Hokianga today.
Former Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples joked about putting his body on the line to protect the Prime Minister at Waitangi, but successor Te Ururoa Flavell won't be following suit.
Prime Minister John Key says he is expecting a "rough" reception at Waitangi this year as he walks into a hotbed of issues.
Historians and prophets, by the nature of their vocations, tend to look in opposite directions, writes Paul Moon.
Gareth Morgan is heading to Orewa to confront what he calls the "ignorance of Brash-think".
Gareth Morgan has demonstrated a willingness to offer solutions to numerous problems confronting New Zealand.
But iwi group will not take its founding trustees to court to recover lost "Treelords" settlement cash because of cost and "ongoing damage to the reputation of the trust".
Bryce Edwards: Is turbulence returning to race relations via a renewed debate about the role and place of the Treaty of Waitangi?
In response to a series of articles by Gareth Morgan about the Treaty of Waitangi, Joshua Hitchcock discusses rangatiratanga and what Maori are doing to achieve it.
Pushing the Treaty process beyond its natural limitations is spawning unintended consequences for our constitution. It is encroaching on equal citizenship.
Much has been achieved since the renaissance of the Treaty of Waitangi began in 1975. That should be celebrated.
More than 500 people gathered on a hilltop in the Bay of Islands yesterday to celebrate the bicentenary of Pakeha settlement in New Zealand.
Waikato iwi Ngati Haua and Ngati Koroki Kahukura’s final Treaty settlements passed into law today.
Big changes are being discussed over the way political power is shared, changes that should make all Kiwis sit up and take notice.
A recent Waitangi Tribunal decision confirmed what Ngaphui always claimed, says Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis.
Far North iwi say they plan to limit access to Ninety Mile Beach for cars and tour buses after their Treaty agreement is passed into law.
Treaty Settlements Minister Chris Finlayson has launched a stinging attack on former High Court judge and Waitangi Tribunal chairman Sir Eddie Taihukurei Durie.
National minister Chris Finlayson's world has become a little more 007 with his anointment as Minister for Spies, but his first love remains the Treaty of Waitangi settlements.
Visitors to the splendid Treaty grounds at Waitangi probably assume the taxpayers of New Zealand happily pay for the facilities there.
Prime Minister John Key says he's upset that the Waitangi National Trust is charging New Zealanders $15 to enter the historic Waitangi Treaty Grounds.
Winston Peters is at odds with one of his new MPs - the Waitangi National Trust chairman - over the trust’s move to charge kiwis to visit the treaty grounds.
The return of entry fees for Kiwis at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds is outrageous, says the newly elected local MP.
Many of Auckland's volcanic cones, including those at the Domain and Mt Smart, have gained official Maori names under a Treaty of Waitangi settlement.
A $20 million hole in the accounts of the central North Island iwi has raised questions about the way settlement money was used.
The remote, misty, immense Te Urewera country is a treasured place that no one should own - to own it would be to enslave it, says Ngai Tuhoe.