Manu Korihi News for 8 September 2011

Northland Health says 50 per cent of the meningitis cases diagnosed in the region in recent weeks have been Maori children; A Waikeria prison manager credits Women's Refuge workers with reforming the lives of Maori prisoners at Waikeria; Up to a thousand people are expected to attend the Waiata Maori Music Awards in Hastings tonight.