Te Manu Korihi News for 30 January 2014

A professional misconduct charge against the Treaty solicitor, Donna Hall, has been thrown out; A group of mining protesters will hikoi from Cape Reinga to Waitangi to confront politicians who will gather there next week; The Bay of Plenty tribal collective of Te Arawa aims to design a collective tribal flag to fly in Rotorua alongside the country's national flag by Waitangi Day - next year; A marine scientist says a national stocktake of sea cucumber needs to be carried out.