3 Jul 2015

Te Manu Korihi News for 3 July 2015

From Te Manu Korihi, 6:53 pm on 3 July 2015

Māori MPs have responded with disappointment to the Department of Conservation confirming it's laying charges against Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau for alledgedly poaching an endangered speicies, the native pigeon; At least ten groups from iwi around the country have asked to join a Waitangi Tribunal claim challenging the New Zealand's involvement in the Trans Pacific Partnership agreement; A special ceremony is being held in Wellington to commemorate one-hundred years since the first Maori contingent of soldiers landed in Gallipoli to serve in the First World War.