Manu Korihi News for 14 July 2011

Work and Income says unemployment figures are starting to drop in Tai Tokerau, as the recession eases; The Maori Party candidate for the eastern Maori electorate is campaigning on the assumption the newly formed Mana Party will also contest the seat; An iwi in Te Arawa is considering returning to its home turf beneath Mount Tarawera, which erupted 125 years ago and killed more than a hundred people.