National Iwi Chairs Forum

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has announced that Stephen Rainbow will be the new Chief Human Rights Commissioner.

A Māori youth group representative who is taking part in the UN’s Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People hopes her trip will inspire other youth to step forward.

Yesterday, it was announced the National Iwi Chairs Forum was no longer participating in the National Action Plan Against Racism.

The forum said its involvement was no longer tenable due to the government’s planned changes to NAPAR, which it said were targeted at reducing the focus on racism against Māori.

Act Party leader David Seymour disagrees on what some say was a heated exchange between Ngāti Hine leader Kipa Munroe and Māori Crown-Relations Minister Tama Potaka about his māori

The prime minister says there was goodwill on both sides to want 'to make this work incredibly well ' after his meeting with the Iwi Chairs Forum.