Manu Korihi News for 27 July 2012

The former Maori Affairs Minister, Parekura Horomia, is encouraging his people to consider allowing their women to speak alongside men on the orator's bench on the marae; Descendants of the original owners of two blocks of King Country land says they've reached a watershed moment, following the final reading of their Treaty settlement bill; The South Taranaki District Mayor, Ross Dunlop, says he would like the four local iwi in the rohe to sign off a property protocol agreement, so both the council and iwi can move forward; One of the most epic Maori canoe journeys across the Pacific - te Waka Tapu expedition to Easter Island - will create student exchanges with the New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute.