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Search for Maori homeland

A Hawaiian linguistics professor believes eastern Polynesian ancestors, including Maori, began their colonisation of the Pacific from remote atolls near the Solomon Islands.

Firing up Maori economic engine

The departing head of the Maori Development Ministry says Maori business has transformed in the past decade and iwi are no longer considered a risk to the NZ economy.

Dr Elizabeth Rata: Treaty no longer symbol of national unity

I was surprised to read in Deborah Coddington's recent Herald column that the Treaty of Waitangi is New Zealand's founding document. Of course some New Zealanders mistakenly believe that is the case.

Small hapu wins big battle

Brian Rudman: At last, Joe Hawke gains victory for the Ngati Whatua iwi

150 years of injustice redressed

The return of the moko

A group of Tainui women took the hint of their beloved Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu and began a movement to revive the art of moko in their tribe.

UN push shows up anger

Problem petrol sniffers resurface