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It is a curious thing that the further we get from the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi 183 years ago, the more convinced certain people have become about...
There are tight margins, party hopping candidates and the potential for electoral history to be made in the Māori seats.
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Ratana Church appoints Andre Mason as the church’s eighth tumuaki or leader
The Government is accelerating the reclassification of stewardship land to ensure land with high conservation value is protected for future generations...
This year's celebration of the birthday of Rātana founder Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana has been seen fewer followers make the annual pilgrimage, but morehu who did attend say they're committed to the faith. The blustering winds at the pā mirrored the conflict between factions of the church that have 2021 seen this years' annual celebrations restricted to morehu (followers). The only politicians present were Labour MPs Nanaia Mahuta and Adrian Ruruawhe, who is also the great-grandson of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. The marae committee originally said celebrations were to be one day only but the...