Te Manu Korihi News for 4 June 2014

A deed of settlement which aims to compensate two Taranaki tribes for serious Crown breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi was initialled in Parliament today; Tainui has taken full control of the company operating Novotel Tainui Hotel and Ibis Tainui Hotel in central Hamilton; The Poverty Bay iwi, Rongowhakaata, has put a 15 million dollar price tag on the restoration and relocation of its beloved ancestral whare from the national museum; The Ngarimu Memorial Essay Competition, which encourages students to write about the 28th Maori Battalion has been re-designed so digital entries can be sent in by Maori students.