Manu Korihi News for 12 August 2011

Nearly 30-thousand voting packs have gone out to Ngapuhi people all over the country - as Aotearoa's biggest iwi takes the first step towards settling its treaty grievances; A Maori mussel farm owner in Hauraki says Maori are likely to take to finfish farming even though, he says the species will be significantly smaller than those in the wild; A designers' group says the Maori presence in a new Christchurch can move beyond artwork and carving.