The first glimpse of a new Treaty of Waitangi museum has been revealed ahead of its official opening today.

TOBY MANHIRE: John Key's Waitangi decision is a victory for those who long for a national day more like Australia's twisted celebration.

Labour leader Andrew Little has accused Prime Minister John Key of a lack of leadership and says he will still visit Te Tii Marae today.

It has all worked out in the end and tomorrow Key will again walk down that aisle toward Ngapuhi with a chorus of protesters as guests, writes Claire Trevett.

To help you plan your day away from the politics here's a guide to what's going on at the Treaty Grounds tomorrow and Saturday.

The government gave funding to build a new museum on the Waitangi Treaty grounds that were gifted to the nation in 1932 by the Governor General at the time.

Holding the signing in Auckland in the week leading up to Waitangi Day does show an incredible sense of timing, writes Carwyn Jones.

The news that the trustees of Te Tii Marae overturned their original vote and have decided to let John Key on to their marae will be a great disappointment to many, writes Audrey Young.

No little boy or girl dreams of being a trade negotiator and David Walker was no exception.

A small Far North iwi has reached a settlement with the Crown almost 15 years after negotiations began.

COMMENT: Tuhoe boss Tamati Kruger wants the tribe to be independent and free of welfare dependency - which is a good thing, writes Rodney Hide.

Kaihatu Te Kenehi Teira, of Heritage New Zealand, said a wahi tupuna is a place important to Maori for ancestral significance and cultural and traditional values.

Treaty Minister is remaining optimistic about Ngapuhi's settlement despite the Waitangi Tribunal calling for a delay and ructions within the Tuhoronuku negotiating group.

The Crown's hopes of settlement for Ngapuhi have been dealt a further moral blow after a Waitangi Tribunal report recommended putting negotiations on hold.

The Treaty Negotiations Minister has one message for Waikato-Tainui if it wants to begin negotiating a claim over parts of Auckland - get a mandate.

The Maori King's claim for Auckland is taking the piss, and someone needs to call them on it, writes Mike Hosking.

A power struggle is brewing with the victor laying claim to Auckland.

Housing Minister Nick Smith has held an urgent meeting with Auckland iwi amid concerns that a dispute over surplus land in Auckland could end up in court.

The Government has signed an agreement to start formal negotiations with Ngapuhi over what is likely to be the nation's biggest Treaty settlement.

Public reporting on large tribal and Maori corporate bodies has increased over the past decade.

Treaty Minister Chris Finlayson says the impasse over Ngapuhi's settlement is largely personality-driven andNZ First leader Winston Peters could help resolving it.

Newly-elected Northland MP Winston Peters has been called on to resolve a dispute that has held up a Treaty settlement for the country's largest iwi.

Lock up your moggies if you live near a sensitive wildlife area, or they could be put down - that's the latest suggestion from Gareth Morgan.

The PM's Office has finally agreed to release transcripts from his post cabinet press conferences, and Audrey Young says it's a small, but important, victory.

I think Andrew Little might have had his first Tony Abbott moment at Waitangi last Friday.

Prime Minister John Key says Andrew Little's comments at Waitangi on Maori sovereignty were advancing "separatism."

Andrew Little made something of "a captain's call" on Waitangi Day when suggesting notions of greater Maori sovereignty should not be dismissed.