14 May 2015

Te Manu Korihi News for 14 May 2015

From Te Manu Korihi, 6:50 pm on 14 May 2015

Maori in Lower Hutt have spent the day bailing rainwater out of Kokiri Marae in a desperate attempt to reduce damage from the storm that's caused chaos across the Wellington region; A Bay of Plenty Trust says it will continue its fight to stop the sale of farmland in Pukehina despite being devastated by a Court of Appeal decision, which found in favour of Landcorp; A Maori archaeologist says the number of tangata whenua taking social and cultural bachelor degrees is rising as more want to question the dominant western view of the world; Whanganui iwi say they're proud of Prince Harry's attempt at making a speech in Te Reo during his powhiri today at Putiki marae.