Hone Harawira's Mana Party might not be registered in time for the Te Tai Tokerau by-election, with the Electoral Commission saying it could take up to eight weeks to process the application.

Mana Party leader Hone Harawira has threatened electoral war against the Maori Party.

The Maori Party has announced it will stand a candidate against Hone...

Maori MP Hone Harawira will kickstart his new party by forcing a byelection in his Te Tai Tokerau electorate. He will officially resign from Parliament by writing to the Speaker on Monday.

Hone Harawira has widespread support in his electorate - but that support is starting to wane, a Ngapuhi kaumatua says.

Maverick Maori Party MP Hone Harawira says he is "hugely disappointed" by the decision to suspend him from caucus, saying it showed "complete disregard" for the complaint process two days out from a disciplinary committee meeting.

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.

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.

Early risers filed into the whare on the Treaty Grounds to listen to prayers led by the Prime Minister John Key, the British High Commissioner and Dr Pita Sharples.

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.

Hone Harawira says he has no intention of leaving the Maori Party, despite saying some 'dickheads' within it were trying to expel him.

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.

Nature, wildife, culture, history, gorgeous food and a dose of adrenalin - Cate Foster takes advantage of the pleasures of the Bay of Islands.

Up to 95 homes in Auckland's Franklin Rd now have their Xmas lights on at night, says the founder of the annual spectacle.

Maori land protesters have been removed from a Far North sailing club on a District Council reserve, with 10 arrested and departing in a police van.