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New party plays race card
A new political party which wants to strip Maori of race-based privileges has made mass leaflet drops in Tauranga, Napier, Hastings and Orewa.
Volcanic cones, gulf islands, in iwi settlement
A Treaty settlement bill that passed its first reading will hand 15 volcanic cones and four small islands in Auckland back to local Maori.
Editorial: Settlement with Tuhoe good for NZ
Editorial: The whole country ought to be celebrating the historic settlement with Tuhoe signed at Parliament last week.
Claire Trevett: Sir Douglas deserves his title still
Stripping honours for reasons other than traditional crimes, is a relatively new phenomenon sparked by the global financial crisis, writes Claire Trevett.
Tuhoe negotiator finds compromise
Tamati Kruger reckons he has bought the recipe for mana motuhake.
Long, winding road to resolve the past
The Crown is over the half-way hump of settling all Treaty of Waitangi claims and could achieve its aim of having all outstanding grievances sorted out by 2014.
Final South Island treaty claim settled
The final South Island treaty claim has been settled today with the signing of a deed of settlement between the Crown and Ngati Tama ki Te Tau Ihu.
Pita Sharples: I stay because I have a job to do
My jovial slip of the tongue about remaining the co-leader "until I die" was not what I intended, writes Dr Pita Sharples.
Tears, $170m end long, dark journey
One of New Zealand history's darkest, most profound grievances is close to resolution after Tuhoe and the Crown completed negotiations on an unlikely settlement worth $170 million.
Crown, Tuhoe complete negotiations
The Crown and Tuhoe marked another step in settling the iwi's Treaty of Waitangi grievances today.
Waitangi Tribunal hearing begins
A Waitangi elder has used the opening of a historic Waitangi Tribunal hearing to call on the Government to buy back private land in the Bay of Islands so it can be returned to hapu.
Supreme Court clears way
John Key's Government has cleared the final hurdle for its flagship asset sales policy and is set to press the go button on the sale of Mighty River shares on Monday.
Mighty River Power feeling adverse effects
The Supreme Court yesterday heard final submissions on a second case that could affect the Government's planned partial sale of Mighty River Power.
Matt McCarten: Real meat ignored for same old Waitangi fare
As you'll know by breathless media reports, the old battle-axe Titewhai Harawira took the country to the brink of disaster just as the Prime Minister and other dignitaries were about to arrive at the lower Waitangi marae.
John Roughan: Tensions all but gone from Waitangi
On the way to Waitangi we stopped at a coffee bar in Whangarei. The attendant said he had grown up in the Bay of Islands but wouldn't go where we were going.
New Kiwis celebrate status
A group of immigrants chose Waitangi Day to become New Zealand citizens. Reporters Vaimoana Tapaleao and Kieran Campbell met some of the new New Zealanders.
Leaders support four year term
John Key and David Shearer have both voiced support for a four-year parliamentary term - but the change will require public buy-in to happen.
Mai Chen: Waitangi alive and well in court
Waitangi Day remains an annual reminder of the 173-year Crown-Maori relationship - a relationship that is still very much a live subject in the New Zealand Courts.
Editorial: Critics need to rethink Treaty's value
Nations nearly always find their pride in their origins - a migration, a revolution, a war of independence. New Zealand, possibly uniquely in the world, can find it in a treaty. A treaty of equals.
Waitangi: 'Woman bashers' accusation
Kaumatua at Te Tii Marae have been accused of being "women bashers'' after a stand-off over who would be the PM's escort this morning.