Te Ao Māori

The district's sole Māori ward councillor says she will not give up the fight to have every meeting start with one.

Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister Andrew Little has confirmed the recent Whakatōhea ratification vote demonstrated enough support to enter into a settlement with the Crown.

There were 15 haka groups from across the motu performing at the long-awaited Te Matatini national kapa haka festival today. Audio

Pūtātara trumpeted across the shores of Ōkahu Bay on Auckland's waterfront as Ngāti Whātua welcomed more than 1000 people to its rohe for Te Matatini.

Aotearoa's airline has delivered a flight in te reo Māori for the first time as kapa haka stars flew to Tāmaki Makarau for Te Matatini.

Whānau in Tāmaki Makaurau who lost homes, possessions and taonga in the huge floods are working to rebuild, while a community group working with vulnerable families is calling for more resources.

Māori locked out of their whenua by perpetual leases are continuing their fight against century-old legislation.

A notorious Black Power member once acquitted of murder is squatting on Māori coastal land and his almost decade-long illegal occupation must come to an end, a trust says.

Chris Hipkins says the mechanism already exists through the existing Treaty settlement process.

A Taranaki iwi is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to make the most of a two-year legal ban on collecting shellfish from the region's west coast.

Large crowds gathered at Waitangi this morning to commemorate the 183rd anniversary of the Treaty.

Politicians spoke at Te Whare Runanga as hundreds gathered in the dark before it on the Waitangi Treaty grounds.

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has described this morning's Waitangi dawn service as moving and says he welcomes the shift away from a focus on politics. Audio

It is hard to separate the politics from Waitangi, but the day party leaders were welcomed on to Te Whare Rūnanga was largely free of inflammatory rhetoric and political point scoring.

Organisers are hoping a redesign will boost Māori participation rates in this year's Census, which takes place on 7 March.

The Greens are demanding the end of perpetual leases on Māori land, labelling them an outdated and unjust colonial weapon.

Opinion - As we approach another Waitangi Day, we should be thinking again about what Te Tiriti o Waitangi means.

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