Te Manu Korihi News for 18 February 2014

A Maori rights movement based in Australia says it will have nothing to do with a new political party for expatriate New Zealanders, unless it has Maori representation; A Ngapuhi hapu alliance is critical of the government's decision to accept just one mandating body to represent treaty negotiations for the country's biggest tribe; A family disputing the return of whenua to iwi is pursuing compensation; A kura kaupapa in Whanganui has taken a proactive approach to combat the number of Maori going into mainstream schooling after kohanga reo.