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Iwi will get 2000km of coastline
Attorney-General Chris Finlayson believes about 2000km of NZ's coastline will eventually be covered by iwi customary title.
Foreshore agreement 'means ownership'
Maori groups awarded customary title in the foreshore and seabed will be the legal owners of it and the minerals beneath it.
Foreshore plan opens door to Maori claims
The Govt will introduce a new property title that can be claimed over the foreshore and seabed.
<i>Audrey Young:</i> Foreshore compromise unlikely
National has relaxed the threshold for claiming customary title but the iwi leaders want it relaxed even further.
Tax would pull iwi out of 'depressed state'
A Ngapuhi leader is calling for a nine per cent economic development tax to be levied on everyone living inside the iwi's boundary.
Our wildlife: for sale to the highest bidder?
As the Waitangi Tribunal prepares to issues its recommendations on the most far-reaching claim yet, an improved ability to talk through our different viewpoints will be critical.
Ngapuhi pushes for 'tribal tax'
Northland Maori want a special economic development tax as part of their Treaty settlement.
Iwi insist private titles must go
Maori will refuse to forgo their rights to the foreshore and seabed unless private owners do the same, an iwi leaders' group has warned.
Wellington: Forgotten treasure
Diana Clement wanders off a Wellington street and into New Zealand's tumultuous history at the National Archives.
DIA apologises over Treaty failure
The Department of Internal Affairs has apologised to a mother after it admitted failing to uphold the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi in dealing with her.
<i>Chris Finlayson:</i> Shared governance of healthy river at heart of Treaty deal
Chris Finlayson writes on how the Waikato River Settlement Act benefits the whole nation.
Tuhoe veto followed parks advice
John Key says giving Te Urewera to Tuhoe could have opened the way for other iwi to put strong cases for ownership of national parks.
Key's 'cannibalism joke' picked up by global media
International media are having a ball with John Key's Tuhoe "cannibalism joke" and "passive-aggressive" apology.
Key like aunties rushing hui to get to biscuits - elder
'Cabinet is not so different from a marae committee meeting,' Tuhoe representative Tamati Kruger says.
<i>Paul Moon:</i> Tuhoe's long-standing call for autonomy
The 2007 'anti-terror raids' reaffirmed old suspicions and helped quicken the enthusiasm for a "Tuhoe Nation", writes historian Paul Moon.
Popularity fears cost Urewera settlement, says Tuhoe
Tuhoe representatives believe they had Cabinet numbers to secure ownership of Te Urewera National Park but say a nervous prime minister acting unilaterally stood in the way.