Manu Korihi News for 2 October 2012

Ngati Kahungunu iwi has come up with an innovative approach to help whanau from Wairarapa to northern Hawke's Bay become tobacco free; A facilitator of a hikoi for young Ngai Tahu descendants to traverse Southland, says the journey helped spread the tribe's history among its people; The Ngapuhi leader, Sonny Tau, says a proposed strategy to treaty settlement by the Crown will set the Northland iwi back one hundred years; The Principal of Kaiti school in Gisborne says teachers and pupils are excited about having the chance to defend their Maori language award title.