Interest income on big cash holdings, hotel and milk business deals and rising values of investment properties helped push Waikato-Tainui's asset base up.

Public displays of affection by Prince Charles, a possible boycott and a fashionista who prefers Princess Diana "thinner" - barrels of ink documented every detail of the last big royal tour.

Ngapuhi hapu have been given more time to nominate representatives for the organisation that will negotiate the iwi's Treaty of Waitangi claims.

The agreement in principle to a $32.5 million Treaty of Waitangi settlement for Tararua and Wairarapa Rangitane iwi is a momentous time in history.

The Waitangi Tribunal has asked the Crown to consider whether it would pause the election process for the iwi's mandated body.

The country's biggest tribe is negotiating an agreement for jobs and prosperity for its members - but fierce infighting is hindering the process and costing it millions.

Trout, deer, pigs and other exotic species would have to be culled from the Ureweras under a law change before Parliament, fishers and hunters are warning Government.

The country's biggest iwi wants to move out of grievance mode and into talks with the Crown about settling its Treaty of Waitangi claims.

Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson has refuted suggestions that a settlement invitation with the country's largest tribe was a "cash offer".

New Kiwi families were welcomed together as citizens at Government House today in the spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi, the Governor-General said.

Wet and blustery weather has failed to keep the crowds away from Waitangi with hundreds pouring on to the Treaty Grounds.

New Zealand’s largest iwi is seeking the biggest ever Treaty settlement - $500m to $600m.

Chief Justice Prendergast said that because the Treaty of Waitangi had been signed "between a civilised nation and a group of savages" and had no formal status in domestic law.

Reporter Sarah Illingworth speaks to eight Kiwis from different backgrounds about what the Treaty and our national day mean to them.

While claiming a warm reception at Te Tii Marae yesterday, Labour was snubbed by those at Maoridom's top table who were meeting the Government nearby.

Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins take a look back 200 years to the magnificent event which heralded the start of permanent Pakeha settlement.

Take the personalities out of the equation and a National-NZ First Govt would be far less restrictive for National than one relying on the Maori Party, writes Claire Trevett.

There was calm at Waitangi's Te Tii Marae yesterday with some locals going as far to say that things were "pretty tame and chilled".

February 6 is Waitangi Day and, every year, there are arguments about what this day means to New Zealand. There is no one answer.