Manu Korihi News for 12 July 2012

A member of the central North Island iwi, Ngati Rangi, has suggested that a Maori-run body is set up to decide how water is allocated to hydro power schemes; The Federation of Maori Authorities wants to see some tangible results by Christmas from a memorandum of understanding it's reached with Business NZ; Dr Selywn Katene who until recently headed the inter university Maori academy, has been appointed as the Massey University's assistant vice chancellor Maori and Pasifika; Two crew members of the traditional war canoe Te Hono Ki Aotearoa, which was part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the river Thames, are heading to the United States next week for the Tribal Canoe Journey.