Manu Korihi News for 19 October 2011

Archives New Zealand is considering boosting the profile of the original 1840 Treaty of Waitangi; Several Northland Maori leaders have met the Northland Regional Council to discuss improving iwi representation on the authority; The Maori Wardens Association has offered its vans and walkie-talkies to iwi clearing the mess caused by a stranded ship in Bay of Plenty; The Maori Affairs Minister says the Waka Maori on the Auckland waterfront was visited 170-thousand times in its first four days of being open to the public.