A recent Waitangi Tribunal decision confirmed what Ngaphui always claimed, says Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis.

A history professor has criticised a Waitangi Tribunal decision that Maori chiefs who signed the Treaty of Waitangi did not cede sovereignty as "distorting New Zealand history".

Tribunal report says Maori chiefs who signed the Treaty of Waitangi did not cede sovereignty but Treaty Negotations Minister says that doesn't change Crown's position.

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.

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.

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 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.

In a year that is unusually crowded with historical commemorations, one that may escape attention is the 170th anniversary of the flagpole in Russell.

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".