4 Feb 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 4 February 2013

From Checkpoint, 6:47 pm on 4 February 2013

The Waitangi Tribunal has rejected a plea from a Far North iwi to use special powers to order the Crown to return land wrongly taken from the iwi; The MP for Te Tai Tokerau MP, Hone Harawira, expects the Maori water rights debate to be a big talking point at Waitangi Marae; The people of Waikato-Tainui gather at Turangawaewae marae at Ngaruawahia tomorrow, for a two day hui which is designed to set the iwi on a new course for the future; Department of Conversation workshops for iwi have been applauded.