Te Manu Korihi News for 1 February 2013

The Ngapuhi leader Sonny Tau says the Northland based iwi is significantly closer to entering negotiations with the Crown to settle its Treaty claim; A Crown laywer's suggested to the Supreme Court that time limits on state hydro power enterprise shareholdings would be a way to safegaurd Maori water rights; A Maori teacher's aide at a school in south east Queensland says pupils and their parents have coped quite well this week - even though severe storms and flooding has disrupted their normal routine.