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At the Ihumātao protest site, they're feeling sad but very determined.
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Govt told to set up separate Māori health agency
The Crown has breached the Treaty by failing to improve Maori health, tribunal says.
Crown Treaty breaches damaged King Country iwi mana - report
Crown actions 'frequently' alienated native land in favour of Pākehā settlement.
Big Read: A church apology, 151 years in the waiting
It's been a long, painful process to have the grievance recognised and acknowledged.
Waitangi Tribunal will hear Ngāi Te Rangi grievance
The iwi have fought the Crown's settlement with Pare Hauraki.
Waitangi claims over 'inequity and institutionalised racism' in health system
The claimant groups are being heard in the Waitangi Tribunal from Monday.
Biggest Waitangi Tribunal inquiry ends
New Zealand's biggest Waitangi Tribunal inquiry is drawing to a close.
Mike Hosking: Prison gripes hot air under tribunal's wings
COMMENT: The tribunal has decided to hear from lawyers taking the Corrections Department to task over their handling of Maori in prisons.
Waitangi listed as first wahi tupuna
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.
Editorial: Ngapuhi row provides early test for Peters
Winston Peters sounds genuinely interested in a request from subtribes of Ngapuhi to intercede in the dispute that is standing in the way of a Treaty settlement the Northland region needs.
Editorial: Sovereignty - it's nothing for us to fear
If the Waitangi Tribunal is right in saying the chiefs of 1840 did not cede sovereignty when they signed the Treaty, the reason was probably that they had more practical concerns on their minds.
Catherine Delahunty: Maori representation no threat to open democracy
Catherine Delahunty writes: Gareth Morgan has many interesting opinions and is well informed but his opinion piece on Maori representation on local councils requires a response.
Outspoken ex-MP Tau Henare silenced
"I'm p***ed off". Tau Henare is furious at being bumped off the speaking list at last week's Waitangi Tribunal hearing.
Tribunal's decision big day for Ngapuhi
A recent Waitangi Tribunal decision confirmed what Ngaphui always claimed, says Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis.
Crown still in charge: Finlayson
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.
Urewera animals to be exterminated under law change
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.
Sir Douglas Graham retains knighthood
Prime Minister John Key says Sir Douglas Graham might have given up his knighthood had the Government not told him he didn't have to.
Major part of Rena wreck to be removed
The huge accommodation block of the wrecked container ship Rena is to be removed, in a major move revealed by the ship's owners and insurers today.
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.
Three more quit abuse inquiry
Three more key members of Sir Owen Glenn's inquiry into child abuse and domestic violence have quit in sympathy with the inquiry's founding director, Ruth Herbert.
Waitangi Tribunal puts settlement cost at $42m
The Waitangi Tribunal has recommended a settlement package for Far North iwi Ngati Kahu totalling $42.518 million.
Sales stalled long enough by water case
The Prime Minister was never more wrong last year than when he declared the Government could ignore a recommendation of the Waitangi Tribunal.
Tariana Turia: The river is calling ... but are we ready to answer
Tariana Turia says the water debate has provided people with is a perfect opportunity to explain to each other why we feel the way we do about water.
Iwi tries to fix split on water
Meetings between two heavyweight Tainui leaders are under way to iron out internal tribal confusion around water ownership issues before iwi negotiate with the Crown.
Water unity under threat
The push for Maori unity of water rights negotiations looked in danger of unravelling yesterday after one iwi asserted its right to negotiate as it saw fit with the Government.