The Spinoff presents a simplified transcript of the speeches at the treaty signings in Waitangi, Hokianga and Kaitāia.
Danny Karatea-Goddard celebrates the new year three times a year - on 1 January, Matariki and the Lunar New Year.
Dame Iritana was a life member of the Māori Women's Welfare League, a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit and made a Dame Companion in 2009 for services to Māori education.
Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand ...