Mihingarangi Forbes

Ahead of Waitangi Day, Tama Potaka joins Mihingarangi Forbes for a wide-ranging interview, discussing the Treaty Principles Bill, the Ngāpuhi settlement, emergency housing, whether he has ambitions to…

Iwi offered to fix up the unused former Police houses. Instead, a 'miscommunication' led to a $138,000 taxpayer bill to get rid of them.

Tākuta Ferris has levelled a series of allegations against his former party, which its president has dismissed as "innuendo".

After this week's 'reset', Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi discussed their future with Mata host Mihingārangi Forbes.

For years, Destiny Church shaped every part of Lynia Morseu-Tol's life. Now, she is reckoning with faith, identity and whānau.

The finance minister says the government needs to do a better job making sure young Māori have good skills to find work.

The Police Minister says he has "absolute sympathy" for the children's mum.

From school books and government agencies to teacher training and even passports, the place of te reo is under intense scrutiny.

The Public Service Commissioner won't rule out merging it, and Ministry for Pacific Peoples, into other organisations. Audio

She was a fit and strong wāhine Māori hailing from Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Kahungunu, she's won two world cups in the Black Jersey and is still dedicated to the game, but her diagnosis has left her stricken… Audio

"We feel like they have been holding back on information," farmer Joanna Sione-Lauaki's daughter says. "Mum was in the wrong place at the wrong time and someone took advantage of that." Audio

Cat - the mother of Jayda, Maverick and Ember - says she is dumbfounded by the nasty comments she has received and says she is "lost" without her children. Audio

"It was just the way he put his head up because I just had a feeling about that ute," the missing children's mother says. Audio

The mother of the three missing Marokopa children believes the exchange between a pig hunter and her daughter last week was a cry for help.

Analysis - RNZ contributor Mihingarangi Forbes reflects on the highlights and historic discussions from the weekend's 12,000-strong hui in Ngaaruawaahia.

First Person - Francis Mahanga has never met a prime minister. Today she'll escort Jacinda Ardern onto her marae.

Analysis - Jacinda Ardern looks set to make a good start on being kanohi kitea, 'a person who is present and seen' for Māori but, writes Mihingarangi Forbes, politics is a long game.

Veteran activist and Ngāpuhi kuia Titewhai Harawira will once again receive the country's Prime Minister and next month escort Jacinda Ardern on to Te Whare Rūnanga marae at Waitangi.

It is expected Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will speak on the Waitangi treaty grounds during the formal welcome, a move that would set her apart from former female leaders.

Millions of dollars were spent by the previous government on the failed Māori land bill, which one political leader labelled "a poisonous and destructive cancer". Audio

Analysis - Historian Paul Moon believes te reo Māori is dying. Those sharing their te reo stories on social media this week beg to differ, Mihingarangi Forbes writes.

Twelve British soldiers lay lost for more than 170 years after the Battle of Ruapekapeka. Yesterday, they were found. Video

Analysis - In his approach to the country's largest and poorest iwi, Ngāpuhi, Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little is showing a different style from his predecessor, writes Mihingarangi Forbes.

Analysis - As a country we're only coming to understand how abuses in state care took place. Mihingarangi Forbes explains why the survivors are ready to collect on the government's promise to order an…

The Treaty Negotiations Minister is calling all Ngāpuhi hapū and key advisors to Waitangi this weekend to discuss their stalled Treaty of Waitangi settlement.