Manu Korihi News for 27 September 2011

The man chosen by the Mana Party to contest Te Tai Tonga says he's standing for the movement because it's open to people of all ethnicities; The descendants of a Te Whakatohea chief, who was wrongfully accused and executed in the 1860s, are to receive another government pardon - but this time it'll be acknowledged in law; The Corrections Department expects a drug treatment unit which opened at Whanganui prison today, will go a long way to help rehabilitate Maori inmates; The Waikato-Tainui College's Academic Director, says having its business management programme selected as one of four finalists for an international business innovation award, is a huge honour.