Manu Korihi News for 17 July 2012

Ngati Kahungunu Chairman, Ngahiwi Tomoana, says their concern about water rights and ownership is quite different to the issues which other iwi have presented to the Waitangi Tribunal; The Treaty lawyer, Annette Sykes, says the Crown is paying 300-thousand dollars to large iwi, to receive advice on freshwater issues - but smaller tribes don't see a cent or get the support; The Corrections Department is seeking tenders from organisations interested in providing Tikanga Maori programmes for inmates in four of its Maori Focus Units; Massey University School of Sport and Exercise has just started research into what the best exercise is for Maori men, to reduce their risk of diabetes and obesity related illnesses.