Morning Report

Activist and former MP Hone Harawira has told the Government it will not succeed if it tries to pass laws to strip the Treaty of its mana, or to belittle te reo Māori. 

Harawira, who spoke at… Read more Audio

Wednesday marks one year since New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens was taken hostage in West Papua.

Phillip Mehrtens, from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian airline Susi Air, when he landed his… Read more Audio

Messages of support from across the world have come in for King Charles after his diagnosis with cancer.

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says 'thankfully' the cancer was caught early.

King Charles… Read more Audio

Canterbury is on alert after two vegetation fires in the past few days. Up to 60 firefighters tackled a fire near Waipara in the Hurunui District late Tuesday.

Fire and emergency says 15 brigades and… Read more Audio

Māori leaders are promising to carry the message from Waitangi on through the year, to ensure the protection of Te Tiriti. 

Thousands travelled to the Treaty Grounds for the annual commemorations and… Read more Audio

Tensions were high at the pōwhiri for the Government at Waitangi.

At one point there was even a suggestion that prime minister Christopher Luxon might not be able to speak, because of vocal… Read more Audio

A Māori rights activist says protest action against the government's policies is far from over.

The coalition was received at this year's Waitangi commemorations with anger about its contentious… Read more Audio

More than one thousand people took part in one Waitangi tradition, the hīkoi onto the treaty grounds.

The march began five days ago at Cape Reinga with numbers growing along the way.

Hikoi leader… Read more Audio

Waitangi commemorations have many traditions, one being a hīkoi. 

This year over a thousand people were part of the march onto the treaty grounds.

They echoed a call that has gone out again and… Read more Audio