Rogue MP Hone Harawira has been suspended from the Maori Party for what its leadership describes as a five year legacy of ill discipline.

Waitangi Day has been "hijacked by the angry few" and all of NZ needs to reclaim it, Peter Dunne says.

Rogue MP Hone Harawira says the Maori Party is not mainstream and should not ape the rules and regulations of other parties.

Pita Sharples has warned Maori voters not to let Hone Harawira derail the party and ruin the "last chance" of a strong Maori-based party in Parliament.

Speaking at Waitangi celebrations today, Maori Party co-leader Dr Pita Sharples said rogue MP Hone Harawira was undermining party leadership. Meanwhile, a peaceful hikoi with around 200 protesters took place this afternoon.

Mass haka, Maori culture-infused church services and helpings of roast lamb and kumara are among the ways expat Kiwis will be remembering home this Waitangi Day.

Controversial Maori Party MP Hone Harawira has defended a protest by his nephew as Prime Minister John Key entered Te Tii Marae for Waitangi celebrations today.

Prime Minister John Key has told iwi gathered at Te Tii Waitangi marae for Waitangi weekend celebrations that he wants to work with the Maori Party again after the election.

Waitangi weekend celebrations have started with mild controversy this morning as one of the men charged with assaulting Prime Minister John Key at Waitangi in 2009 protested his entry to Te Tii Marae.

On the eve of yet another Waitangi Day, Chris Barton looks at the long and involved history of Treaty negotiations.

Wellington's $11.5 million Wharewaka o Poneke is due to open this Sunday without its star attraction.

More than 65 per cent of New Zealanders think public holidays which fall on a weekend should be transferred to a Monday, according to a Research New Zealand survey.

Race Relations Commissioner Joris De Bres says demanding media companies pay to enter a Waitangi marae on NZ's national day is ill-advised but unlikely to be illegal.

A Maori leader has branded members of his own iwi "crazed dogs" for demanding media pay to enter a Waitangi marae on NZ's national day.

PM John Key has poured cold water on the idea of allowing holidays that fall on the weekends to be taken on another day.

Today is the last public holiday for New Zealanders until late April - but even then you're missing out.

The National Government and its Maori Party partners presented a united face when Prime Minister John Key visited Ratana Pa this afternoon - a move Mr Key admitted was unexpected.

Politicians and unions are calling on the Government to move public holidays that fall on weekends to Monday as workers face losing two days off in 2011.

Some 2000 metal and manufacturing workers have negotiated a one-off holiday in 2011 to make up for missed public holidays.

Television New Zealand is investigating an allegation that staff smoked cannabis at Waitangi celebrations.