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The government is proposing changes to fast-track resource consents in a new bill set to go before Parliament.

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The Minister for Māori-Crown Relations was told to stop making jokes about Seymour at the National Iwi Chairs Forum.

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Crowds at this weekend's anniversary of New Zealand’s founding document signing in the town of Waitangi are expected be their biggest in 30 years as indigenous Maori plan to discuss and protest proposed policies that some say will disadvantage them. The main celebrations will be held on Feb. 6, marking the day in 1840 when the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between the British Crown and more than 500 Maori chiefs. Pita Tipene, chairman of the Waitangi National Trust board whic...

Dive into Toni, Jase, and Sam's Friday journal highlights. Toni's son's athletic victory, Jase's school holiday battles, and Sam's gym buddy. Read all entr

Working in my garden over summer, I was surrounded by birdsong. I had been stuck in an urban jungle through the last weeks of December and birdsong...

Outrage over plans to unwind Māori policies may confront New Zealand’s leaders at Waitangi Day events this week

David Seymour is no stranger to Waitangi but accepts this year may be slightly different. The Act leader, who has attended the annual celebrations since 2015...

ANALYSIS This Waitangi Day the stakes are higher than they have been for years with government policies seen by some to encroach on Māori territory and...