Tuhoronuku

Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little will be meeting with representatives of Ngāpuhi and its hapū to find an alternative to Tuhoronuku while he is at Waitangi this year, he says. Audio

The row over Ngāpuhi's problematic Tūhoronuku mandate has reached crisis point, with some hapū leaders imploring the Minister for Treaty Negotiations to scrap it.

The group holding the mandate to negotiate the massive Ngapuhi Treaty settlement is on the verge of losing it.

A draft report is pushing for the country's biggest iwi to change the way it is negotiating its troubled Treaty of Waitangi settlement.

Ngāpuhi hapū fighting for the right to settle their own treaty claims have taken a step towards talks with the Crown. Audio

The Northland group that took a claim to the Waitangi Tribunal over Ngāpuhi's flawed mandate wants the Treaty Minister to stop negotiations. Audio

A hui of Northland's Te Kotahitanga o Ngā Hapū Ngāpuhi is likely to hear a recommendation that Ngāpuhi's treaty negotiations be put on hold.

Settling treaty grievances for the country's largest iwi was never going to be easy, writes Mihingarangi Forbes. Audio

Hone Sadler has been voted new leader of Ngāpuhi troubled treaty negotiations authority Tūhoronuku. Audio

Embattled iwi leader Sonny Tau has withdrawn from a competition to represent Ngai Tāwake on the Tūhoronuku Independent Mandated Authority.

The Government says it is optimistic that a treaty settlement agreement can be reached with Ngāpuhi by the end of next year.