6 May 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 6 May 2013

From Morning Report, 6:27 am on 6 May 2013

Manuhiri or visitors attending the tangi of the late Parekura Horomia donated car loads of food to help feed the several thousand mourners who gathered to remember him;Hundreds of beds were provided for mourners;A Ngati Pukenga kaumatua says an upcoming drop of the toxin 1080 on a Coromandel mountain will be disrespectful to the ancestors of Te Arawa;The Waitangi Tribunal opens a hearing in the Waikato today, to hear the views of iwi affected by the North Island's Main Trunk Railway.