6 May 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 6 May 2013

From Morning Report, 8:47 am on 6 May 2013

Members of the marae hosting the tangi of Parekura Horomia say it was the biggest held there in decades, and hundreds of beds were provided for mourners; The kitchen organiser at the pa, Michelle Tangohau-Collis, says it is the biggest tangi she's seen there in her lifetime;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;Iwi in the Waikato will be able to tell the Waitangi Tribunal today, about how they have been affected by the North Island's Main Trunk Railway.