Manu Korihi News for 3 February 2012

The chance of the Nelson City Council becoming the first unitary authority in New Zealand to have a Maori ward, is far from certain; Climate change, education, the constitution and the partial State Asset sales are among some of the topics that'll be discussed by Iwi leaders at Waitangi; Members of the Iwi Chairs Forum are being invited to a powhiri on Te Tii Marae at Waitangi tomorrow; The head of the Awanui Runaka in Southland, Sir Tipene O'Regan, says the Ngai Tahu Treaty Festival will be used to discuss the New Zealand Constitutional review, and the pollution in the Waituna Lagoon.