Manu Korihi News for 17 October 2012

About sixty five iwi are to be offered the chance to take shares in state owned enterprises; A Ruapehu iwi says it will hold back on the Government's offer to set aside shares in State-Owned Energy companies - until the proprietary water rights issue has been resolved; Water Safety New Zealand is so impressed with a camp which a Hastings kaupapa Maori organisation runs each summer for young people at risk, it wants to see the concept duplicated throughout New Zealand; The Chilean ambassador to New Zealand is confident the Waka Tapu expedition sailing towards Easter Island will cement stronger bonds between the Rapanui people and Maori.