Te Manu Korihi News for 31 March 2014

Hapu are being given more time to nominate representatives to take a seat on the board that will negotiate a treaty settlement for the country's biggest iwi; The novelist Patricia Grace is continuing her fight against the seizure of her ancestral land for a major expressway in the Kapiti Coast - this time in the Environment Court; The deaf community of Aotearoa is mourning the death of a man who was a strong advocate for deaf Maori; A scientist says titi are completely safe to eat - even though he wants to examine feathers for radiation; The Maori Party says it hopes there are systems in place to support the convicted murderer Teina Pora when he's released from prison after 21 years.