23 Oct 2012

Manu Korihi News for 23 October 2012

From Checkpoint, 6:50 pm on 23 October 2012

A Tuhoe leader says the Waitangi Tribunal has delivered a penetrating, sound and honest report on how the Crown treated the iwi and Te Urewera over the past 116 years; The former chairman of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission says a key feature since the signing of the Sealord Deal to get Maori into the fishing industry; One of the organisers of the first Rangitane tribal festival says the event was a success because it encouraged more iwi descendants to reconnect with their people and feel proud of who they are.