Te Manu Korihi News for 10 September 2013

A Maori rights advocate based in Australia says the Aboriginal community seems quite nervous about the role the first indigenous woman MP will play in the federal parliament; A candidate standing in the local elections in South Auckland says he wants to ramp up rates on fast food outlets to drive them out of town to improve people's health; The chair of a collective of iwi in Hauraki has a leading role in a two-million dollar project to restore and protect the Hauraki Gulf; Witnesses have this week started giving evidence on the Native Land Court's impact on King Country Maori.