Te Ao Māori

The Crown's sole witness chose not to comment when asked if the government was bound to respect Treaty principles at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing.

New poll data shows 47 percent of respondents - almost half - favour a council four-year term.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith wants to make it harder for Māori to make customary claims on coastlines.

Ahead of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Aotearoa is being urged to embrace the language 'Ake Ake Ake' (forever).

"Our people don't need any more reports, our people need social and economic justice," a criminology expert says.

In the pouring rain and whipping winds, politicians arrived at Ngāruawāhia's Tūrangawaewae marae for te Koroneihana, the 18th anniversary of the Māori King's coronation.

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New Zealand are currently third on the table with 13 gold, 30 silver and 14 bronze medals.

But the government is hitting back at the group, taking issue with its name and use of the word "blitzkrieg".

The Week in Politics: The PM faces heat at Tūrangawaewae, David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill faces an early death, and the government faces an energy crisis.

Pasifika and Māori local politicians called Christopher Luxon's address to Local Government New Zealand was 'quite shocking' and 'disheartening'.

"Approximately 70 percent of the employees are Māori; many of our Ngāti Rangi whānau have had a generational relationship with the mill," chairperson Whetu Moataane says.

The whale was discovered on a beach at Te Kaha and has finally been identified through DNA analysis.

A Dunedin City councillor says he is apologising for causing offence, but not for making the comments. Audio

An iwi says it's disappointed by the ACT leader's "divisive rhetoric" and he needs to change course.

The deputy prime minister has muddied the waters on the Treaty Principles Bill debate just days after the prime minister sought to extinguish any confusion on the issue.