Treaty Of Waitangi
Hapū question 'toothless' forestry standards
East Coast hapū say they could challenge proposed national standards for forestry in the Waitangi Tribunal if the Government pushes ahead with them.
PM and Treaty Minister defend paying former ministers
The Prime Minister has brushed off questions about the Government paying former ministers more than a million dollars to help settle treaty claims. Audio
Susan Guthrie & Jevan Goulter - Korerotia te Tiriti
Jevan Goulter and Susan Guthrie have spent the last eight months talking to dozens of prominent New Zealanders about the Treaty of Waitangi and race relations in Aotearoa. This week they launched Talk… Audio
Govt aims to clinch iwi deal by end of 2016
The Government says it is optimistic that a treaty settlement agreement can be reached with Ngāpuhi by the end of next year.
Sam Napia to contest Tūhoronuku leadership
Tūhoronuku's acting chair Sam Napia hopes to confirm his position as leader of the iwi's independent mandated authority in elections this month.
Ngāti Maru to begin series of hui
Taranaki iwi Ngāti Maru is to hold a series of hui next month which could set it on the road to entering into treaty negotiations with the Crown.
Māori aquaculture deal signed in Parliament
Three new Māori aquaculture agreements between the Crown and iwi have been signed in Parliament today.
Dunne defends $3 million bill for finding new home for Treaty
The Internal Affairs Minister, Peter Dunne, is defending spending more than three-million dollars discussing where the Treaty of Waitangi should be displayed. Audio
Moving the Treaty of Waitangi
A project to move the original Treaty of Waitangi document is still in the planning stage, four years after it was announced and having already cost more than three million dollars. In 2011 the… Audio
Ngāpuhi authority Tūhoronuku claims more support
Tāmaki Makaurau MP Peeni Henare says he is heartened to hear that more hapu are ready to negotiate a treaty settlement in the north.
Waitangi Tribunal to consider TPP inquiry
The Waitangi Tribunal has asked to hear further argument on whether it should hold an urgent inquiry into the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Consents a sore point for Northland Māori
Māori from around Te Taitokerau have told the Northland Regional Council it must find better ways to involve tāngata whenua in vetting resource consents.
Crown apologises for breaches of Treaty
After decades of suffering, Ngâti Hineuru says it's retrieved some of its lost mana with recognition by the Crown of its breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Audio
Maori Wards - Partnership or Separatism?
Robin Martin looks at whether Maori council wards will provoke partnership or separatism. Audio
Dame Claudia Orange - The Treaty
28 years since the release of the first comprehensive study of the Treaty in her book The Treaty of Waitangi, historian and Te Papa's Head of Research Dame Claudia Orange speaks to Wallace Chapman… Audio
Waitangi Rua Rautau Lecture 2015
Rt Hon Dame Jenny Shipley and Bishop Te Kitohi Pikaahu provide political and religious perspectives on the different responses of the Government and the Anglican Church to the Treaty of Waitangi, with… Audio
Focus on Politics for 5 February 2015
It's been 175 years since the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, and the Crown and Maori are still grappling with what it means and how the agreement should be honoured. Audio
2015 Treaty Debate: Healing the Past, Building a Future
This year's Treaty Debate, recorded at Soundings Theatre, Te Papa discusses the Treaty Settlement process and how iwi move forward in a post-settlement phase. The panel is Matiu Rei, Executive… Audio
I am the river, the river is me
Dame Anne Salmond explores the radical nature of the settlement between the Whanganui River iwi and the Government signed in August 2014, recognising the river as a legal person in its own right. This… Audio
How d’ye do, Mr King George?
Opening with the encounter between Hongi Hika and King George IV in London in 1820, Dame Anne Salmond traces the themes of rangatiratanga and sovereignty from then through the Declaration of… Audio
