Manu Korihi News for 16 October 2012

The Maori Council says there's emphatic agreement among many iwi and hapu to mount legal action over the Government's decision to press ahead with the partial sale of state assets; The Mana Party says the Crown's decision to go ahead with the partial sale of the first hydro electric power generator will turn the whole of Maoridom against the Government; However, the Maori Party says it does NOT back the Government on asset sales, but says it will maintain its support agreement with the National Party; However, the Maori Party says it does NOT back the Government on asset sales, but says it will maintain its support agreement with the National Party; The Waitangi National Trust hopes that the corporate sector and the general public, will be generous in their support of an initiative, which aims to raise ten million dollars in two years to upgrade the Treaty grounds; A Gisborne event organiser's confident he'll attract a sizeable crowd to celebrate Waitangi Day next year with some of New Zealand's and Australia's biggest reggae acts.