10 Aug 2011

Manu Korihi News for 10 August 2011

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 10 August 2011

Maori Wardens say it's sad the Prime Minister and others have labelled as racist the law that allows them to deal with drunk people; The Maori Party has challenged the Government in Parliament over the sale of forestry blocks to an overseas buyer; The people of Ngati Tuwharetoa and others throughout the country are mourning the loss of one the iwi's young leaders, Dean Stebbing; A painting of the Ngati Raukawa chief, Ihakara Tukumaru, has been sold at auction for a record price.