New ZealandLeader: Key should be welcome on maraeJohn Key should be welcomed at Te Tii Marae for Waitangi Day commemorations on Friday, despite widespread anger over the TPP deal, a Ngapuhi hapu leader says.01 Feb 08:58 PM
OpinionEditorial: Labour slow to clear ground for Maori voiceFittingly, New Zealand's political year always begins with formalities on marae, first at Ratana, then at Waitangi.28 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandKey: 'I'm not going to gatecrash'Prime Minister John Key says he will not gatecrash Te Tii Marae if he is not wanted after Ngapuhi elder Kingi Taurua said the Government should be denied entry.26 Jan 05:25 AM
BusinessPM will back TPP on maraePrime Minister John Key says he will promote the merits of the TPP free trade agreement on the lower marae at Waitangi.21 Jan 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: PM transcript release a small victoryThe PM's Office has finally agreed to release transcripts from his post cabinet press conferences, and Audrey Young says it's a small, but important, victory.09 Mar 02:05 AM
New ZealandRants & Raves: Waitangi Day celebrationsWe enjoyed the group of willow trees in Tuff Crater, Northcote, with their nesting kingfishers and rosellas.15 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionMike Hosking: Little too new to try going off pageI think Andrew Little might have had his first Tony Abbott moment at Waitangi last Friday.11 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Sovereignty - it's nothing for us to fearIf the Waitangi Tribunal is right in saying the chiefs of 1840 did not cede sovereignty when they signed the Treaty, the reason was probably that they had more practical concerns on their minds.10 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionAudrey YoungAudrey Young: Little's captain's call a sensitive issueAndrew Little made something of "a captain's call" on Waitangi Day when suggesting notions of greater Maori sovereignty should not be dismissed.08 Feb 09:11 PM
New ZealandDrivers comforted man as he diedOnlookers who rushed to a crash scene on a rural road northwest of Auckland tried to comfort the driver before he died in his upturned car.08 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: Little offers brave views on a republicKey was talking about the flag and downplaying the Waitangi report on sovereignty, but Little had bigger fish to fry.06 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandAuckland enjoys Waitangi DayWith all the politics happening up in Waitangi, Auckland partied at Bastion Point with an inclusive and peaceful family day for all races.Watch06 Feb 04:16 AM
OpinionLee SucklingLee Suckling: We need to look at Waitangi Day differentlyIt's 2015. We should be proud of the only national day we have, because this is the only nation we have, writes Lee Suckling.05 Feb 09:30 PM
New ZealandWarning: 'Get ready to sit in traffic'Motorists are urged to take care on the busy roads this holiday weekend, particularly after a spate of road crashes yesterday thought to be caused by wet conditions.05 Feb 02:36 AM
New ZealandJohn Key breezes on to Te Tii MaraePrime Minister John Key and Government ministers have been welcomed on to Te Tii Marae without incident.04 Feb 10:19 PM
OpinionDita De Boni: Book cuts revive zombie warningLast year, two notable New Zealand economists warned of dire consequences if our regional economies were allowed to run down from "benign neglect".04 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionClaire TrevettClaire Trevett: No froth as Little avoids the 'small beer' issuesVery few NZers vote on the basis of knighthoods, writes Claire Trevett. Public support for knighthoods tends to depend more on who is awarded them and their behaviour than the title's historic origins.04 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionRaniera Tau: This is the year of NgapuhiImagine if Ngapuhi had settled in the 1990s, as Ngai Tahu and Waikato Tainui did.04 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionTe reo no longer silencedSeveral generations ago, children who dared to speak te reo Maori at school were cruelly silenced.04 Feb 04:00 PM
OpinionEditorial: Biculturalism doesn't need late convertGareth Morgan enjoys an argument and has the wealth to indulge his views. But his latest adopted cause - biculturalism - isn't needed.04 Feb 04:00 PM
KahuPressure goes on Ngapuhi to settleGovernment ministers have upped the pressure on Ngapuhi to get on with their settlement in the lead-up to Waitangi Day - and even the Governor-General got in on the act.04 Feb 04:00 PM
KahuFlavell warns PM: You're on your ownFormer Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples joked about putting his body on the line to protect the Prime Minister at Waitangi, but successor Te Ururoa Flavell won't be following suit.03 Feb 04:30 PM
KahuKey expects to feel the heat at WaitangiPrime Minister John Key says he is expecting a "rough" reception at Waitangi this year as he walks into a hotbed of issues.02 Feb 04:00 PM
KahuIwi ready to move past grievances says TitewhaiThe country's biggest iwi wants to move out of grievance mode and into talks with the Crown about settling its Treaty of Waitangi claims.03 Mar 04:30 PM
New ZealandSettlement invitation not a 'cash offer'Treaty Negotiations Minister Chris Finlayson has refuted suggestions that a settlement invitation with the country's largest tribe was a "cash offer".06 Feb 11:18 PM
