Philanthropist Gareth Morgan says he will have spent $600,000 on his Treaty of Waitangi campaign by the end of the year.

Key was talking about the flag and downplaying the Waitangi report on sovereignty, but Little had bigger fish to fry.

The 175th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi is a time of special reflection for all Kiwis, Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae has said in his Waitangi Day address.

A hikoi comprised of several different protest groups has made its way to the upper marae at Waitangi.

Three iwi now have assets valued at $2.7b but in the next few years, 30 to 40 will emerge with that financial firepower, one expert says.

Waitangi is usually about domestic friction, but yesterday war overseas dominated on the marae.

Last year, two notable New Zealand economists warned of dire consequences if our regional economies were allowed to run down from "benign neglect".

Government ministers have upped the pressure on Ngapuhi to get on with their settlement in the lead-up to Waitangi Day - and even the Governor-General got in on the act.

Several generations ago, children who dared to speak te reo Maori at school were cruelly silenced.

Imagine if Ngapuhi had settled in the 1990s, as Ngai Tahu and Waikato Tainui did.

Gareth Morgan enjoys an argument and has the wealth to indulge his views. But his latest adopted cause - biculturalism - isn't needed.

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.

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.

Philanthropist and economist Gareth Morgan has set out two challenges to the Government at his first visit to Ratana Pa.

Pakeha nearly "exterminated" Maori and need to make good on the intent of the Treaty - including compulsory te reo in all primary schools, Gareth Morgan says.

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.