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Honouring Waitangi Day

A light-hearted church service led by the country's politicians and iwi leaders has kicked off Waitangi Day.

Crown signs settlement for historical Treaty claims

Treaty museum needs $10m

Waitangi Trust launches fundraising drive because it receives no taxpayer money.

Iwi: Consultation too short

The Government's water rights consultation hui is not robust or long enough, according to Ngati Maniapoto leaders.

Debate: Who owns the water?

The Maori King and the Prime Minister drew the battle lines, with the former saying "Maori'' and the latter saying "No One''. Today, two legal academics explore the deep currents that lie beneath each claim.

Debate: Should the MMP 5 per cent party vote threshold be reduced?

In our second debate on the Electoral Commission's recommendations for MMP, Graeme Edgeler and Muriel Newman put the arguments for and against reducing the threshold. Join the debate and leave your comments at the end.

Editorial: Good faith key to resolving water dispute

Today the Government meets with Tainui to start negotiations over the partial privatisation of Mighty River. Iwi interests can still be served without the unfair 'shares plus' scheme.

Shares plus consultation round begins

Dame Anne Salmond: Lifeblood of the land should not be alienated

Protesters head to Waitangi for mineral meeting

Space opens up in Parliament lottery

A nation divided: Inside the Urewera Four trial

Tame Iti and his colleagues weren't the only ones on trial for the past five weeks. The terrorism claims in the still-unresolved Urewera case have revealed deep divisions over Maori and Pakeha

Television's new question master

Alexander Gillespie: The meaning of holocaust

Hone Harawira: Open letter to overseas investors

Meet Auckland City's new top cop

Rawiri Taonui: Paul Holmes, a cheeky Pakeha?

It is a sad day when a great writer repeats the prejudices of the past. The latest offering from Paul Holmes regarding Waitangi Day

Paul Holmes: Are NZers getting in their own way?

The summer continues in its refusal to be one with drizzle becoming...