Manu Korihi News for 17 May 2012

Some patients are telling the Maori Pharmacists Association they're likely to stop asking for heart and blood drugs when the price of a prescription goes up from 3 to 5 dollars; The director of a Maori anti-smoking group is thrilled more Maori will soon be able to help others to quit; An expedition by two waka hourua, double hulled sailing canoes to Rapanui or Easter Island in August will be officially launched in Rotorua tonight; The call's going out for budding Maori authors to join an intensive writing scheme.