Te Manu Korihi for 9 September 2014

The Waikato District Health Board has found that half of all pregnant Maori women in the rohe are smokers; The Maori Party has accepted it would not have a ministerial role in a potential Labour-led government; An Australian Aboriginal health advocate says indigenous health professionals are still under-represented and a long way from being on par with the general population; A South Island iwi says it's celebrating the reintroduction of the saddleback to Adele Island in the Abel Tasman National Park.