Podcasts about Waitangi Tribunal

The Waitangi Tribunal has been holding a hearing for its inquiry into the government's proposed amendments to treaty clauses. It launched the urgent inquiry last month because of concerns the reforms could cause and I quote, "significant and irreversible prejudice" to Maori. When the amendments were announced, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith said they would ensure references to the principles of the treaty are clear and consistent. We wanted to know exactly what is being looked at and why, so to help explain it is RNZ Maori News Journalist Pokere Paewai.

The word racist is being thrown around far too easily these days, and it is quickly becoming completely meaningless. Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan is labeling this the most racist government ever, claiming National is stripping away Māori rights at the Waitangi Tribunal. But has he suffered a massive memory fade? We look at the actual facts of what has been lost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan has claimed at the Waitangi Tribunal that Christopher Luxon's National-led government is the most racist New Zealand has ever seen. Duncan Garner says it is time to call this out and hold Tuku's feet to the fire because the claim simply doesn't survive contact with reality. To call this political landscape the most discriminatory in our history means completely forgetting the past. We look back at the Foreshore and Seabed legislation under Helen Clark's Labour government, which actually stripped Māori of their legal rights to have customary claims tested in court. That was real discrimination that fractured relationships and birthed the Māori Party. This current government continues to fund Māori language education, kura kaupapa schools, Te Māngai Pāho, housing projects, and fully protects the budget for Te Matatini while other departments face massive cuts. Disagree with co-governance debates all you want, but calling this racial persecution is ridiculous. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Smith joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about two big stories tonight, the first is the Waitangi Tribunal being told of plans to weaken and remove treaty clauses in a range of laws are racist and an attempt to erode Māori rights.Secondly on what we're calling #milkygate, Labour questions whether disappearing climate briefing note deliberate cover-up. Senior Cabinet minister Louise Upston insists the disappearing document debacle in the PM's office is an "isolated incident" and says it is "disingenuous" to suggest otherwise.New figures show a surge in company liquidations, with hospitality one of the hardest hit. We're seeing some of the hardest times to run a small businesses even though we're being told this government are the best ones to run the economy to help businessWell also have a look at the Roy Morgan poll from late yesterday afternoon that some on the right are celebrating as 'finally an accurate poll has been released'. Is it? Or are we looking at an outlier and we'll see a return to order in the next poll.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

It's time now for the A-Z of Aotearoa! We've been making our way through the alphabet, choosing something iconically Kiwi for each letter. This week we've arrived at 'U', and our subject is a place shrouded in geographic beauty and indigenous knowledge, Te Urewera. It's the home of the Tuhoe iwi, and it lies in the wide, mountainous space between Rotorua and Gisborne. For 60 years much of Te Urewera was designated a National Park, then in 2014 - following a Waitangi Tribunal settlement - the land was granted environmental personhood. In October 2007, Te Urewera was also the grounds for one of New Zealand's darkest days, poet and activist Ati Teepa talks to Jesse about his experience in the police raids. We also want to focus on the environment and geography of Te Urewera, and for that, Jesse is joined by Hinewai McManus Hinewai is of Tuhoe descent, and she's a former DOC ranger who also guided treks in Ngaputahi near Ruatahuna for many years.

Two mayors mouth off and get a little loose in long-form chats - and a former one blasts the media in a Waitangi Tribunal inquiry. Also: Stuff papers dump the weather page- and some talkback callers aren't happy. Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Government plans to amend references to the Treaty of Waitangi across a raft of legislation is being compared to ACT's Treaty Principles Bill by critics. Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says the amendments will ensure references to the principles of the Treaty are clear and consistent, however the Waitangi Tribunal says it will weaken the Treaty in the law. Maori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira reports.

The Waitangi Tribunal is calling on the Government to immediately stop its planned changes to the education law. The Government has confirmed today that it is planning to remove the Treaty Principles within the Education and Training Act. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday 15 May, 2026, we talk to a constitutional lawyer about the Waitangi Tribunal finding the Government breached treaty principles with education changes. B416 co-chair Cecilia Robinson tells us why she's still confident there'll be a social media ban on under-16s before the election. We hear from the controversial Dunedin City Councillor who's become known as "tapeface". And on the Sports Huddle, Lavina Good and Elliott Smith discuss whether Luke Metcalf's made a good move in going to the Dragons. Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak with Tory Whanau about the Mana Wāhine inquiry in which the Waitangi Tribunal is hearing more than 200 claims the Crown has failed in it's obligation to protect wāhine Māori in public and leadership roles from abuse, misogyny, and racism.The govt will amend references to the Treaty of Waitangi in 19 pieces of legislation to ensure the principles are 'clear and consistent', which a coalition agreement made by NZ-First. Is this just NZF's Treaty Principles Bill?In a Fox and Friends segment, the hosts conflate the rise of socialist policies with the 'Red Wave' communism scare of the cold war era. The parallel of how the Left condemn the rise of fascism, and the Right fearmonger about socialism is jarring.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

The Waitangi Tribunal has heard of the violence directed at Maori women in public positions including online abuse, stalking and threats of physical violence. Maori News Journalist Pokere Paewai reports.

A quick Iran update, including the response here in NZ and the pressure developing on Luxon following poor polling and internal leaks. NZ media continues to boosterise failed tech and the Waitangi Tribunal is calling for a halt to curriculum changes.This episode's co-hostsPmax, John, Kyle, SimoneTimestamps0:00 Opening / Introductions1:51 Strait of Hormuz4:45 Lebanon Ceasefire5:50 NZ Leadership Struggles 32:59 From Shoes to AI 38:25 Education48:32 Political Dissonance 1:02:22 ClosingIntro/Outro by The Prophet MotiveSupport us here: https://www.patreon.com/1of200

The Waitangi Tribunal has been told the draft school history curriculum is badly written and inaccurate. It's as the government rewrites it as part of the National-ACT coalition agreement, with the latter saying it wants to take "politics out of history". Education correspondent John Gerritsen reports.

PM Luxon gives comment to the Waitangi Tribunal revealing backroom Mining negations with the US, as well campaigning on Asset Sales and finally declining the invite to Trump's Board of Peace.Shane Jones gives the final word to reject the COP30 Road Map to move away from Fossil Fuels.Mariameno Kapa-Kingi gets her latest day in Court, fighting against her unfair dismissal from TPM. ++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Newsroom reveals our govt is negotiating secret backroom deals with the US to mine, which the Waitangi Tribunal has stated is against Te Tiriti obligations.Leaked audio of Erika Kirk ecstatic about the number of attendees at her husband's funeral and $200k merch sales figures 11 days after her husband's assassination calls into question her character.Ashley St Clair, the baby-moma to one of Elon's children, has made a surprise reappearance in the media admitting fault for her "MAGA-era" ways and suing Elon for Grok sexualising her without consent.++++++++++++++++++++Like us on Facebook.com/BigHairyNetwork Follow us on Twitter.com/@bighairynetworkFollowing us on TikTok.com/@bighairynetworkSupport us on Patreon www.patreon.com/c/BigHairyNewsCheck out our merch https://bhn.nz/shop/Donate to our work https://bhn.nz/shop/donation/

Paul Diamond reviews 50 Years of the Waitangi Tribunal edited by Carwyn Jones and Maria Bargh, published by Huia Publishers.

Explain this to me. Which clause of the Treaty is the Waitangi Tribunal using when they suggest the Government recognise second generation Maori for citizenship? John Ruddock brought the case, while a similar one got headlines recently because it involved Keisha Castle-Hughes, the actress. In her case she was born in Australia to a New Zealand mum. Her children were born in America, hence they don't get automatic citizenship. Ruddock was born in Australia and got citizenship by descent. But his children were born offshore as well and descent only operates to one generation. This is not a new law, it's not a surprise. It's been this way for decades. So the tribunal hears the case and decides the law needs changing. But my question is, on what basis? Is the tribunal not there, however loosely, to interpret the Treaty? Where in the Treaty does it talk of generational descent issues? Under what clause does it talk of being born in Australia? Of course, it doesn't. Because it was written in the 1800's and it is, at best, vague, which leaves it open to interpretation. So the question for the here and now is how much so-called "law" is going on here versus ideology. Law is developed, if not by the Parliament, by regular courts when they see a gap. They interpret. The recent foreshore drama is a good example. The 2011 law was explicit. The court simply didn't like it so they suggested change and the Government had to step in. But the Waitangi Tribunal, which remember has no actual legal power, seems merely to make things up. One generation isn't enough so let's make it two. Why not four? Why not make it really easy and anyone who remotely feels Maori can claim citizenship for any number of offspring, no matter where they were born, as long as it feels right? Where does the Treaty stop and the improvisation start? Thank goodness the Government are not going to do anything about it. But that's this Government. What about another Government? And what are the historic, long-term consequences of a tribunal that's running roughshod? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Waitangi Tribunal is recommending the government expand citizenship rights to second generation Maori born overseas after complaints the current system is racist and ignores tangta whenua's whakapaka. John Bryers Ruddock who is Ngapuhi took an urgent case to the tribunal after returning to Aotearoa with his three children only to find they are not citizens; instead classed as overstaying. Actor Keisha Castle-Hughes, went through the same process with daughter who was born in New York and gave evidence at the hearing. Her Lawyer Season-Mary Downs spoke to Lisa Owen.

First, a quick question on the Oxford Union. We thought it was a thing when David Lange turned up all those years ago, but since then Willie Jackson, David Seymour and now Winston Peters have appeared. So does that diminish its exclusiveness? Anyway here's what Winston Peters argued - that courts here undermine democracy. God bless that man and may he spread that message far and wide. Just last week's Marine and Coastal Amendment Bill is your latest and classic example. We had a law that came in in 2011. Some people didn't like it, and you're allowed to not like laws. But hijacking democracy by trying your luck in interventionist courts is not helpful to a country looking for a bit of peace and harmony. Courts are good for a bunch of stuff; deciding either by judge or jury whether Mr Pollock was in the library with the candlestick i.e crime. They're good for deciding whether another judge erred in an initial finding i.e appeals. They're good for deciding whether there is a gap in law and, if there is, how that gap could be filled i.e the Supreme Court. What they're not good at, although I'm sure given their operations of late they would argue otherwise, is taking an already established law and upending it because they believe they are superior to the ultimate court, which of course is the Parliament. And the Parliament is the ultimate court because the group of lawmakers are put there by us, the voter. Peters, a lawyer himself of course, is doing a great service on our behalf because too many people, including people in the Parliament, are afraid to calls things out when they need calling out. They were afraid to call out the Reserve Bank when it butchered the economy, afraid to call out the Speaker when he failed to properly deal with the clowns in the house and afraid to call out judges at places like the Waitangi Tribunal when they very clearly overstep their mandate and look increasingly like little more than troublemakers. Winston Peters - a good foreign minister and good at telling it like it is. Buy the man a beer. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kennedy reflects on the 50th anniversary of the Waitangi Tribunal with a focus on the documentary Karanga Ra. The documentary consists mostly of interviews about the tribunal's work.

The Waitangi Tribunal turns fifty today and judges, lawyers and claimants from across the half century Tribunal history gathered in Wellington for a two day conference to reminisce on its past and discuss its future. Maori News Journalist Pokere Paewai has more.

Questions to Ministers DAN BIDOIS to the Minister for Economic Growth: What recent announcements has she made? TAKUTA FERRIS to the Minister for Maori Development: Does he agree with the Waitangi Tribunal's official position on the proposed name change: "We do not support changing the name from the Waitangi Tribunal to a Commission in case it leads to confusion concerning the bespoke jurisdiction we exercise"? Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Is an annual growth rate of negative 1.1 percent, three percentage points lower than forecast before the election, the result of her economic plan; if not, why not? RIMA NAKHLE to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: What recent announcements has she made about supporting major events and tourism in New Zealand? Hon GINNY ANDERSEN to the Minister for Economic Growth: Is her economic plan responsible for higher unemployment and more business failures; if not, why not? GRANT McCALLUM to the Minister of Conservation: What recent reports has he seen on the Hauraki Gulf? RICARDO MENÉNDEZ MARCH to the Minister for Social Development and Employment: Does she stand by the Government's decision to apply tightened eligibility criteria to 18- and 19-year-olds accessing jobseeker support (health condition or disability); if so, why? GLEN BENNETT to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: Are recent hospitality industry closures the result of the Going For Growth strategy; if not, why not? TODD STEPHENSON to the Minister for Courts: What outcomes has she seen from this Government's focus on delivering faster justice for New Zealanders? Hon JENNY SALESA to the Minister for Pacific Peoples: Does he believe that the Ministry for Pacific Peoples has a role to play in getting more Pasifika into work or training; if so, how will it address the current unemployment rate for Pasifika peoples, which is double what it was at the end of 2023 when the Government came into office? Dr VANESSA WEENINK to the Minister for Mental Health: What recent announcements has he made on the Government's mental health targets? TAMATHA PAUL to the Minister of Justice: Why are Maori disproportionately overrepresented in prison populations in Aotearoa?

Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes is getting behind a push to change citizenship access for Māori born overseas. The Waitangi Tribunal's considering a claim by Australian born John Ruddock, which calls the fact his children can't get citizenship, unconstitutional. Ruddock, who's descended from a Treaty of Waitangi signatory, has citizenship by descent. Castle-Hughes she has given evidence, after she struggled to get citizenship for her own daughter. "Aotearoa is the only place that she can go to kura kaupapa, that she can go to kohanga reo, that she can participate in life as a tangata whenua in that capacity." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Is Shane Jones showing the Minister for Treaty Negotiations Paul Goldsmith how to run his own portfolio? In response to Jones and his Member's bill on the never ending Ngāpuhi drama, Goldsmith says the process can't go on forever. Which is the same as saying nothing, because clearly it is, and Goldsmith clearly has no plan. The Jones bill is clever because my sense of it is there is so much infighting in the north of the country, they will, out of bloody mindedness, never strike a deal. All the logic we heard yesterday about tribes that have cut deals and invested billions and seen the endless benefits will have missed their mark in Northland, given a lot of Ngāpuhi aren't interested in a deal. They thrive on dissent and division and permanent anger and grievance. Jim Bolger, who I note in the past few weeks as he celebrated his 90th is still prone to the odd piece of public commentary, might like to have pondered his own role in this many, many years ago when they started to put up a few road markers around timeframes. The idea was they would set a date to file your claim, remembering even in Bolger's day the Waitangi Tribunal had been going since the 70's, and once you filed, they would impose another deadline to get it all wrapped up. Good idea, but it went nowhere because Bolger and Co. got sucked into the idea that this was unfair, it was rushed, and it was history. What wasn't said out loud was this was a gravy train that could go literally forever, and people were going to make a living off it. As Jones revealed yesterday, we've spent $20 million for Ngāpuhi alone, just for lunch and chats and airfares. You have to remember 1975 was a goodwill gesture. The tribunal and the settlement of grievances was entered into not because anyone had to, but because it was the right thing to do. It was driven by goodwill. I would have thought it was fairly obvious in the vast array of deals to be done and apologies to be made, like life, that some would embrace it and run with it and some would be unable to get out of their own way. What was needed but was missing, and still is (Jones aside), was leadership. We needed boundaries set and an explanation of the rules and expectations. And because that was missing, so is $20 million on lunch, and still no deal. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we've been tracking the urgent inquiry by the Waitangi Tribunal into the dis-establishment of Te Aka Whai Ora, the Maori Health Authority.

The Waitangi Tribunal has been told the health system is failing Māori with one woman detailing how her son has been let down multiple times. Māori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira is covering the hearings.

Late on Friday the Waitangi Tribunal released its interim report into the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill.

The Waitangi Tribunal is urging the Government to “immediately halt” the Act Party-promoted Regulatory Standards Bill set to be introduced to Parliament on Monday. In a report, released today, the tribunal condemned the Government not consulting with Māori when developing the legislation, thus violating its Treaty obligation. Author of the bill David Seymour talks to Heather du Plessis-Allan. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Claimants in an urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing say the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is a more aggressive and stealthier version of the Treaty Principles Bill. Their lawyers presented evidence to the Tribunal on Wednesday in a tight, online-only, hearing that had to be pushed forward by 3 weeks. Maori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira filed this report.

Critics have told the Waitangi Tribunal that the ACT Party's Regulatory Standards Bill is, in fact, an anti-Treaty Bill. Māori News Journalist Pokere Paewai reports.

There's concerns and fears among some that the Regulatory Standards Bill sidelines te Tiriti o Waitangi. The ACT Party bill aims to reduce regulation, claiming it'll create standards for 'good legislation'. The Waitangi Tribunal is meeting to discuss the legislation's failure to include the Treaty in those standards. Ngati Toa CEO Helmut Modlik says ACT pushed it quickly through consultation before introducing it. "They've been a bit naughty beggars where they've truncated the time-frame - rushing it through so that it can quickly get to the phase where the Tribunal has no jurisdiction." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast for Monday the 12th of May, the Government are going back to crushing cars. Will they be more effective than Judith Collins and her three crushed cars in eight years? The Prime Minister is in studio to talk the Coalition of the Willing call over the weekend, the Waitangi Tribunal review and Act agreeing to disagree on guns. Andrew Saville and Jason Pine give their highlights of the sporting weekend and the future of the NZR after bringing in record revenue but still losing $20 million. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Am I right to inquire just what it is that Tama Potaka has been doing for a year and a half? How many times have you heard me ask the Prime Minister on a Monday, when is the Waitangi Tribunal decision being made? What is Potaka doing with this activist tribunal? Well, on Friday we got the answer. He is going to have a review. I thought that's what he was already doing. That's why I thought we had been waiting so long. The impatience I was showing in asking the Prime Minister is not "when is he announcing a review"? It's, when is the Government snipping the wings of taxpayer-funded activists that have lived well past their use by date? The tribunal was set up 50 years ago to settle historic grievances. To a large extent, they have done that. The fact some remain outstanding is an indictment on the people who haven't settled and various Governments who have refused to put deadlines in place. But the majority of the intent of the tribunal is over. Having ticked that box, they saw a future in a lot more money and work offering increasingly radical views for anyone who was bored and angry and wanted to take a case, so they could get a judgement to beat the Government of the day over the head with. This current Government, perceived by the aggrieved as a particularly nasty lot, have kept the tribunal flat out filing complaints and receiving damning reports. None of it means anything because the tribunal has no real legal standing. None of this is complex. Yet Potaka has been sitting there doing Lord-knows-what, to finally muster up a press release on a Friday to tell us at long, long, long, last we'll get a couple of people to wander off for a few months and come back with an opinion the Government wants, so they can do what they should have done all along - call a halt to the circus. Once again we remind you - no small amount of the support that got this Government to power was predicated on the idea that enough was enough on the Maori overreach front. Delivery has been painfully slow. Potaka has been dragging the chain. Is it possible part of the reason this Government has failed to fire more, is simply because their talk was a lot more attractive than their action?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The government says it will launch a review into the Waitangi Tribunal to refocus the "scope, purpose and nature" of the Tribunal's inquiries back to its "original intent". 

On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast for Friday, 9 May 2025, the Government is pushing ahead with its review of the Waitangi Tribunal. Minister for Maori Development Tama Potaka tells Heather whether the tribunal is going too far. Plus Erica Stanford talks through the changes to the redress scheme for victims of abuse in state care. We find out more about the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV and speak to Cardinal John Dew who was in the conclave itself. Heather has plenty more to say about the state of New Zealand Rugby finances. Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Government's announced a review into the Waitangi Tribunal will begin shortly. The review was announced on Friday by Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka, who said it would ensure the tribunal “remains focused, relevant, effective and fit for purpose”. Political Editor Jason Walls says no one should be surprised this is happening. “Every time Christopher Luxon has talked about the Waitangi Tribunal, he essentially says it has been removed from it's brief.” LISTEN ABOVE.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Any changes to the Waitangi Tribunal will be introduced before the end of the year. The Government's announced a review will kick of mid-year, with any advice to be given to the Government by September. The Minister for Māori Development Tama Potaka says it's timely. “It runs enquiries according to very, very old legislation ... and the way it conducts itself needs to be modernised,” he said. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it gall, is it cheek, or is it comedic? The Waitangi Tribunal has been reviewed, and the review recommends it needs more people and more money. It is strained, says the review. They are of course technically correct. It is strained because the Waitangi Tribunal is busy. It is busy with “urgent”, and we use that word loosely, numbers of gripes and grievances around the general state and status of Māori, or more accurately, a small selection of Māori who have seen for years and decades now the Tribunal as an almost endless source of respite in their never-ending list of grievances. This is a classic make-work programme. Puff your chest out, inflate your sense of self-importance, busy yourself with a myriad of invented tasks and then in the review, guess what? You are overworked and under-resourced. The Government is going to do something about all this and, unfortunately for people like me, they are not moving nearly fast enough. As we have said a number of times, the Tribunal is well past its useful life. The idea that it addressed historic wrongs has come and gone. Deadlines should have been placed years ago on those wanting to argue their case, with expiry dates on applications and negotiations. All Governments have failed miserably to this point on the discipline required in that area. But now it's down to ongoing dabbling in matters of the day that carry no weight and have a growing amount of political agitation about them. It's simply a jacked-up, grievance mechanism funded by the taxpayer to supply ammo to the gravy-trainers for an ongoing, if not neverending, list of woe. It takes gall in a broke country with cutbacks all around you to then go and ask for yet more resource. But then that's the Tribunal isn't it? Political, wasteful, past its use-by-date and clearly arrogant. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Questions to Ministers HUHANA LYNDON to the Minister for Maori Development: Does he stand by his appointment of Richard Prebble to the Waitangi Tribunal in light of Prebble's comments on his resignation; if so, why? Hon CARMEL SEPULONI to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his Government's statements and actions? NANCY LU to the Minister of Finance: What recent reports has she seen on the Government's fiscal position? TAKUTA FERRIS to the Minister for Maori Development: Does he believe the Waitangi Tribunal plays a critical role in holding the Government accountable for its actions or omissions that breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi? JENNY MARCROFT to the Minister for Rail: What recent announcements has he made on the Cook Strait ferries programme? Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by her statement that "Recent data releases are consistent with a growing New Zealand economy"; if so, what impact does inflation in international economies have on New Zealand's growth? JOSEPH MOONEY to the Minister for Tourism and Hospitality: What recent announcements has she made about boosting tourism in New Zealand? TANGI UTIKERE to the Minister for Rail: Does he stand by his statement regarding the new Cook Strait ferries that by the end of March 2025, "We're going to be able to announce who's in the game, what they're aiming for, and what the cost will be"; if so, is he on track to do so? Dr HAMISH CAMPBELL to the Minister for Mental Health: What announcements has he made this week regarding the Mental Health and Addiction Community Sector Innovation Fund? TAMATHA PAUL to the Minister of Housing: Does he believe that State housing is important for growing the supply of affordable housing; if so, why is the Government opting for zero growth in State housing beyond next year? Hon DAMIEN O'CONNOR to the Minister for Trade and Investment: What impacts does he think the imposition of tariffs by the Trump presidency will have on New Zealand exporters and importers? CATHERINE WEDD to the Minister for Women: What is the Government doing to support women?

Richard Prebble has resigned from the Waitangi Tribunal less than five months after his controversial appointment. The former Labour Minister, who later joined ACT, said the Tribunal's interpretation that the Treaty provides equal rights turns the document into a - quote - 'socialist manifesto.' The Tribunal itself seems unimpressed, and the opposition's calling his appointment a shameful stunt. Political reporter Russell Palmer has more.

A rousing waiata from one of the highest judges in the land hit the right note at Waitangi today, as the Waitangi Tribunal, members of the judiciary and foreign diplomats were welcomed. Their visit coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Tribunal, set for October and follows a busy year investigating a record number of urgent claims. At one stage Supreme Court judge, Justice Joe Williams, burst into song. Maori news journalist Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira was there and filed this report.

From the Treaty Principles Bill submissions to Rātana to the Waitangi Tribunal shake-up, 2025 looks to be a big year for race relations in AotearoaThe Treaty Principles Bill is dead in the water, but that hasn't stopped the conversation around it from spilling into meetings and events around the country…Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

On today's episode, Maori Development Minister Tama Potaka's new-look Waitangi Tribunal has been labelled a "whitewash" by Te Pati Maori, just days after US President Donald Trump's inauguration - the back again leader has already vowed to pull out of the Paris Agreement and as he puts it "drill, baby, drill", the Israeli military has confirmed they killed 10 Palestinians in the West Bank city Jenin - just days after the ceasefire deal took effect in Gaza, and the potential new owner of the Whakapapa ski field has expressed interest in operating the famous Chateau Tongariro hotel.

Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka's new-look Waitangi Tribunal has been labelled a "whitewash" by Te Pāti Māori. Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer.

The Minister for Māori Development appointed eight new members, removing well-known Māori academics - which has raised eyebrows. Minister Tama Potaka spoke to Paddy Gower.

New Zealand historian and author Dr. Monty Soutar's latest historical novel Kawai: Tree of Nourishment is an epic historical adventure examining the initial impact of colonisation on Maori. Set in 1818, it blends history with fiction for a realistic view of what Aotearoa was like at the time. Dr Soutar serves on the Waitangi Tribunal, and in 2015 was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Maori and historical research. In 2021 he was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship to write the Kawai series.

This week tens of thousands of people from all walks of life and all ages converged on Parliament in opposition against ACT's Treaty Principles Bill. The bill seeks to redefine principles that have been developed over decades. ACT leader David Seymour was unavailable for an interview so Mihi speaks to one of the country's leading legal experts on the Treaty. Sir Edward Taihakurei Durie helped establish the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975 and was its chairman, as well as being a former High Court Judge and Chief Judge of the Ma¯ori Land Court . He tells Mihi about how the genesis of the principles came from then Minister of Maori Affairs, Matiu Rata.

The controversial Treaty Principles Bill has been introduced to parliament by the ACT Party under a coalition agreement. And earlier in the week, a Waitangi Tribunal report found the bill breaches the principle of partnership, the Crown's good-faith obligations and the Crown's duty to actively protect Maori rights and interests. A new set of principles revealed in the ACT Party's Treaty Principles Bill proposes removing the notion of partnership entirely - and puts a timeline on the protection of Maori rights and interests. The bill's first reading will take place this coming Thursday when Prime Minister Christopher Luxon won't be in the country, and will coincide with a hikoi that arrives in Wellington the day before. Treaty expert Julia Whaipooti explains what has been happening.