Manu Korihi News for 12 July 2011

The Labour MP Shane Jones says the ACT Party's fear of Maori radicals is out of step with the times; A Wellington researcher has begun a survey of the voting habits of Maori living in Australia; One of eight Iwi involved in the country's biggest treaty settlement is taking legal action against the other seven in the central North Island for missing a self-imposed treaty settlement deadline; A Far North organic beef farmer believes a new economy could be opened up if Pacific nations increased their trade in native food.