Manu Korihi News for 30 September 2011

A negotiator from a Gisborne iwi is describing talks leading up to its Treaty claim settlement as 'terrible'; The Maori King has met a South African monarch to discuss health, welfare, cultures and trade; Maori in Southland are concerned about the impact an unknown illness will have on the population of kanakana or lamprey eel in the Mataura river; Organisers of a charity auction in Napier to launch fundraising for a four million dollar marae on the edge of the city, say it was an overwhelming success.