Te Manu Korihi News for 30 September 2014

Whangarei's river patrol man Millan Ruka says a pre-election pledge by the Prime Minister is a wake-up call for Northland's Regional Council; A medical researcher says people are practically fertilising bacterial infections, because they've been wrongly diagnosed with asthma; The new leader of the Maori Women's Welfare League says she hopes to engage rangatahi during her term. The head of Arthritis New Zealand says nipping gout in the bud is the key to treating the disease.