8 Aug 2012

Manu Korihi News for 8 August 2012

From Checkpoint, 5:49 pm on 8 August 2012

A well respected South Waikato kaumatua who recently signed his tribe's Treaty settlement in hospital, has died at the age of 68; Two iwi groups are said to be feeling disenfranchised and burned, after losing a legal bid to stop an international company buying 16 New Zealand dairy farms in the central North Island; The Human Rights Commission is seeking public submissions about the meaning of Rangatiratanga or self determination, in today's society; A boutique brewery is hoping a newly launched Maori business collective will help put its product on the global stage.