Mihingarangi Forbes

The Crown repeatedly breached the Treaty of Waitangi and wrongly confiscated Tuhoe's best land during its dealings with the people of Te Urewera, the Waitangi Tribunal has found.

Ngāti Kere has followed a paper road over private land to the beach, after more than a decade of being stopped from accessing their traditional kai grounds. Audio

Four sisters who went missing seven weeks ago in Australia have been returned safely to their mother.

Players who join a breakaway league competition in the Far North will miss out on opportunities such as selection for New Zealand, a northern rugby league administrator says.

Two groups are at odds over whether hostels for boarders at Auckland's Hato Petera College will reopen next year.

A former New Zealand journalist is calling for Australian police to ramp up their search for his four granddaughters, who have been missing for six weeks.

Controversial singer Chris Brown has cancelled his New Zealand concert just over two weeks before it was due to take place.

The Labour Party reshuffle has ruffled feathers in the Māori seats with veteran politician Nanaia Mahuta dropping from 4th to 12th position.

An urgent Waitangi Tribunal Claim has been lodged, challenging yet another Northland mandated treaty authority and calling for a halt in negotiations.

It is disappointing and hurtful that the Turakina Maori Girls' College closure comes at the hands of a Māori woman, its board of trustees says.

After a Māori prize was excluded from TV coverage of the Vodafone NZ Music Awards, the producer can't guarantee it will be included next year either. Audio

Māori musicians are disappointed the TV broadcast of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards cut to an ad break as the Māori Language award was presented. Audio

Chris Brown has applied for a work visa to perform in New Zealand, with just three weeks to go before his 'One Hell of a Night' tour is due to take place.

Māori leaders are renewing calls to recognise New Zealand's land wars with a day of commemoration. Video, Audio

The government will not be repatriating the bodies of 36 soldiers from civilian graves in Malaysia. Audio

Two Māori receptionists are losing their jobs at Māori Television because they cannot speak Te Reo Māori. Audio

Kapa haka will be showcased in all its glory in Palmerston North over the next few days as hundreds of children flock to the city to compete in a national competition.

Families whose children board at Hato Petera College want the Bishop of Auckland to front up and meet them.

The Māori Language Commission will disappear if proposed budget cuts go through, opposition MPs say.

A long-running dispute between Lake Horowhenua's rowing club and one of the lake's Māori owners has come to a head.

Three of New Zealand's most offensive place names will be changed if the public supports a proposal before the Geographic Board. Audio

A storm is brewing in Waitangi over access to the country's founding document - the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio

A Maori activist who took a chainsaw to the pine on One Tree Hill in Auckland, says he is sympathetic towards those who were upset by its removal.

Raniera Sonny Tau is standing down from his post as Chairman of Te Runanga A iwi o Ngāpuhi. Audio

A third chair has been pulled up at Ngāpuhi's settlement table with Treaty Minister Chris Finlayson extending an invitation to opposition group Te Kotahitanga.