Te Manu Korihi News for 14 March 2013

Maori Catholics are celebrating the election of the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church; A Rotorua lawyer who stole money from a Maori organisation has been banned from working in the profession; Some Maori residents in Rotorua have secured a small win - after withdrawing an application to the Environmental Court in a bid to oppose a rubbish transfer station being built in their neighbourhood; Two Ngai Tahu whanau have been appointed to the board of the tribe's property arm.