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Sasha Borissenko is a freelance journalist who has reported extensively on the legal industry. OPINION Division among the courts and government has been the...

OPINION The Minister for Children versus the Waitangi Tribunal , which is set to be thrashed out in the High Court today, involves so much more than whether...

Analysis - It's been a grim week for public servants and trouble is brewing between the government and Waitangi Tribunal.

File image. Photo: Oranga Tamariki Its already been well established there are far too many Māori children in state care, with the most recent figures showing they make up over half. The tribunal has said it is the result of Oranga Tamariki not allowing Māori to have rangatiratanga over their kāinga, guaranteed to them under the Treaty of Waitangi. Glenis Philip-Barbara. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas Assistant Māori Childrens Commissioner Glenis Philip-Barbara said it made sense. "For as long a...