Manu Korihi News for 14 September 2012

The Iwi Chairs Forum has formally endorsed a resolution by senior Maori for tribal unity over water rights; It's 40 years today since the Maori Language Petition - signed by more than 30-thousand people - was delivered to Parliament; The National Waiata Maori Music Awards are being held in Hastings tonight; The skipper of a traditional Maori sailing canoe says his crew is learning signs from nature about how to navigate their waka to Rapanui or Easter Island.