Manu Korihi News for 28 June 2012

Maori organisations say their bids for three former Crafar farms in the King Country have been rejected; More than 400 people have gathered at Kauaetangohia Marae at Cape Runaway this morning to pay their respects to the last commanding officer of the Maori Battalion; A communal home for kaumatua is being developed in the Hawke's Bay suburb of Flaxmere; A musician who plays traditional Maori instruments says there appears to be more collaborative projects emerging between Pakeha composers and taonga puoro artists.