Te Manu Korihi News for 7 August 2013

Ngati Kahungunu wants to tell a government appointed panel why it's opposing the Hawke's Bay Regional Council's proposed Ruataniwha dam; The Kohanga Reo National Trust says it is confident that parents and whanau know which baby milk formula to avoid feeding their pepe; The Mayors' Taskforce for Jobs in New Zealand is working to emulate an Australian strategy, which aims to get Aboriginal people into work; The newly sworn in Ikaroa-Rawhiti MP, Meka Whaitiri, paid tribute to her parliamentary predessors including the first Maori women MP during her maiden speech to parliament yesterday.