Te Manu Korihi for 9 September 2014

The Maori Party's surprised it's been rejected from having any ministerial role in a potential Labour-led government; The Waikato District Health Board has found that half of all pregnant Maori women in the rohe are smokers; 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 is celebrating the reintroduction of the saddleback to Adele Island, or Motu Areroroa in the Abel Tasman National Park.