Manu Korihi News for 21 March 2012

Future decisions on the management of Mauao, or Mount Maunganui, are to be split 50-50 between Tauranga City Council and three local iwi; An independant witness told the Waitangi Tribunal that her Kohanga Reo works well with teachers who mainly have a teaching qualification other than a Kohanga movement qualification; A Te Arawa environmental group says it's there to help deal with iwi and hapu on matters such as the accidental desecration of sacred trees; The head judge of the Maori stage at last week's Auckland's Polyfest says the use of weaponry in kapa haka performances was 'awesome'.