Manu Korihi News for 9 August 2011

The iwi-led Independent Constitutional Working Group says a Treaty of Waitangi Commission is badly needed; Auckland and Waikato tangata whenua representatives say the agencies charged with looking after the Hauraki Gulf need to step up and start improving the waterway; Te Kohanga Reo Trust Board says it has been granted an urgent hearing by the Waitangi Tribunal; A painting of the Ngati Raukawa chief Ihakara Tukumaru is expected to fetch up to 160-thousand-dollars at an auction in Auckland tonight.