The Prime Minister is due to speak to reporters after meeting with the Iwi Chairs Forum, which gave its backing to a court case against a piece of government legislation.

Minister for Māori Crown Relations Tama Potaka said the meeting was "robust" and "interrogative", but also an "exchange."

"There needs to be an exchange of ideas, an exchange of investigative queries, but also a sense of optimism and progress, and that's what we've seen [on wednesday]."

Potaka said there were always questions around legislative frameworks and funding.

Christopher Luxon is in Waitangi with a contingent of government ministers ahea

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