Manu Korihi News for 20 July 2012

The Ministry of Justice has dismissed a claim by the Maori Council's barrister, that he's not receiving enough legal aid; The Green Party MP, Catherine Delahunty, is standing by her comment that the Crown is doing Treaty deals with iwi - and not making settlements; The MP for Manurewa has the backing of local principals for a one-kilometre buffer zone between surburban liquor stores and schools, and is now planning to take her proposal nationwide; The tribe making another legal attempt to stop the search for oil off the East Coast says it's prepared to fight to the bitter end.