Two Auckland iwi could become landlords of Paremoremo and Mt Eden Prisons under Treaty deals which will be signed today.

Neither the Government nor Maori would own the nation's beaches under a proposal to settle the dispute over laws governing the foreshore and seabed.

Political editor Audrey Young on the NZ flag debate and foreshore & seabed issue.

A grove of young native trees on the stark summit of One Tree Hill could mark the push to finalise Treaty claims by 2014.

Prime Minister John Key today said only one or two iwi stand between a breakthrough on the Foreshore and Seabed issue.

Nationhood and togetherness were the key messages at a dawn service at the Treaty Grounds today.

Prime Minister John Key will use his Waitangi Day address this morning to tackle extremists on both sides of the race relations divide.

To the powerful men and sporadic women of Whitehall, gathered in this room, on this day, the young man standing in front of them has no last name.

After a warm welcome at Te Tii Marae, PM John Key told gathered Maori 2010 could see a 'better solution' to the foreshore and seabed issue.

Media are being asked to cough up cash to cover Waitangi Day celebrations, with a Ngapuhi elder asking reporters and cameramen to hand over hundreds of dollars.

The woman who designed the Tino Rangatiratanga flag disputes accusations that the family of embattled Maori Party MP Hone Harawira are "cashing in" on the flag.

Maori Party MP Hone Harawira's family reportedly planned to make money from the Govt's decision to allow the tino rangitiritanga flag to be flown on government buildings on Waitangi Day.

Famous stretch of coastline in the Far North could be renamed under a tentative Treaty of Waitangi deal.