Mihingarangi Forbes

The debate over water rights is heating up, with one iwi saying it should have a say in who can use it - and sell it for commercial gain. Audio

John Key says he does not have a problem with a question in a TVNZ survey which has been labelled racist by Maori MPs. Audio

The mysterious taiaha with links to the Māori King Movement has been withdrawn from a TradeMe auction by its seller.

Mystery continues to surround a Trade Me auction which claims to be selling a taiaha with links to the Māori monarch, King Tāwhiao.

The Māori King Movement wants to authenticate a taiaha being auctioned on Trade Me which the seller claims was once a Maori king's.

Hone Morris, a lecturer at Massey University, told listeners at the tangi of Ranginui Walker today: "Ranginui, your pen was your taiaha".

More than 1500 visitors gathered in Auckland to remember the noted Māori academic Ranginui Walker on the first day of his tangihanga. Video, Audio

The Māori Development Minister has been exaggerating the level of support for Māori land law changes and needs to "get real", Labour MP Meka Whaitiri says.

The government has wrapped up a consultation process over a proposed law aimed at giving Māori more say over what to do with their communally-owned land. Audio

The Social Housing Reform Bill which opens the door to a state housing sell-off supports tino rangatiratanga (sovereignty) says the Maori Party.

The man who was at the helm of a Taranaki iwi when it lost much of its Treaty settlement money is seeking election as a trustee for the tribe.

At just 37 years of age Huhana Seve has dedicated nearly half her life to researching family treaty claims.

Local hapū are crying foul after being left out of the process that gave a Taranaki property developer the right to name his subdivision after members of his family.

A teenager who died after jumping from Raglan's Te Kopua footbridge is a local boy, Richard Keremeta. Audio

Prime Minister John Key used to enjoy the celebrations at Te Tii Marae - but a lot can happen in nine years, says Mihingarangi Forbes.

The government may be left red faced if it can't find an iwi to perform its official pōwhiri for the Trans Pacific Partnership signing this week.

Just three or four people could perform the Māori welcome for visiting Trans Pacific Partnership dignitaries on Thursday.

Prime Minister John Key should not use threats of a ban to "duck out" of his planned visit to Waitangi, former Māori Affairs Minister Dover Samuels says. Audio

Maori are still over-represented in all the wrong statistics - from life expectancy to the justice system - but the Māori economy is starting to take off.

A protest is to be held by land owners of the Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust after plans to sell off Wellington's Shelly Bay, its biggest land asset, were announced last month.

Maori Warriors armed with taiaha, guns and even a sword took centre stage at the commemorations of the Battle of Ruapekapeka.

In Northland, 500 people have attended a dawn service to remember the battle of Ruapekapeka Pa. The old site just south of Kawakawa is a special place for one 19-year-old.

Northland iwi and hapu will this weekend commemorate the battle of Ruapekapeka Pā, which marked the end of the Northern Wars. Find out the history behind the battle here.

A car that repeatedly rammed into a recently-built east coast marae left tyre marks on the interior walls and moved the foundations.

In 2015, there were 25 Māori MPs in Parliament. Mihingarangi Forbes takes a look at their performance. Audio