Manu Korihi News for 13 June 2012

The Crown's going ahead with plans to allow companies to explore parts of Northland for metallic minerals, following feedback from iwi and members of the public; A member of the Hauraki iwi, Ngati Tamatera, says the Department of Conservation is attempting to remove him and his whanau from Maori land; Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga in Hawke's Bay, which is an arm of Ngati Kahungunu iwi it wants to have a closer relationship with the Regional Council; Learning Media has awarded a 10-thousand dollar scholarship to a Tokoroa man to help him complete his Masters thesis about Maori language identity.