Manu Korihi News for 10 October 2011

Tauranga iwi and hapu have mobilised members to help authorities deal with any oil that washes ashore from the grounded cargo ship in the Bay of Plenty; The Northland hapu Ngati Hine won't be giving up a fight to have its Waitangi Tribunal claims considered independently of the iwi Ngapuhi; The small settlement of Whakatu south of Napier came alive over the weekend, when more than a hundred and 50 former workers at the Hawke's Bay Farmers Meat Company sheep and beef plant, gathered to mark 25 years since it closed; Massey University's Professor of Maori Research and Development, has launched a book which explores the opportunities for Maori to grow and develop over the next quarter of a century.