Te Manu Korihi News for 11 November 2013

Nine Te Waipounamu iwi have collaborated in a bid to be the Whanau Ora commissioning agency for the South Island; A Ngati Wai man says the fire that's ravaged the Mokau marae north of Whangarei is a tragedy for the Whangaruru community; The Maori Land Court has ordered the return of three-and-a-half hectares of Council land to the Wainuiomata Marae near Wellington; The re-elected chairman of the Independent Maori Statutory Board says getting acceptance from the wider council has been important in its first three years.