Te Manu Korihi News for 5 June 2014

There's a call to reserve positions on the Waitangi National Trust Board for descendants of four significant Maori figures; An iwi leader is calling an Asia New Zealand Foundation survey mischievous and subversive, for asking Maori to say what New Zealanders think of Asians; A north Taranaki tribe Te Atiawa says it's time to embrace the spirit of forgiveness, with the initialling of its deed of settlement; An Order of New Zealand recipient is one of six artists to produce this year's New Zealand Post Maori Art coin and stamp collection which tells the story of the Earth Mother and Sky Father; Voting closes today for kaumatua-kuia and urban representatives on the Ngapuhi negotiatiating body, Tuhoronuku.