Te Manu Korihi News for Tuesday 24 June 2014

The Hauraki Waikato MP, Nanaia Mahuta, says the prevalence of Maori on the Labour Party's new list shows a new era in politics is underway; A Ngati Porou woman is the winner of the inaugural Maori Language Award for the New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults; Te Tai Hauauru MP Tariana Turia says she's happy her people will see a settlement of the Whanganui river before her political career ends; A primary school in the Far North has become the first kura in the region to make the switch to solar power.