Te Manu Korihi News for 25 September 2013

Bay of Plenty iwi Te Arawa says tribal consultation to open mining tenders in the region seems tokenistic because Maori sacred sites weren't removed from the zone; The MP for Ikaroa-Rawhiti, Meka Whaitiri, says she's puzzled by the Government's decision to block her bid to welcome to Parliament a group of First Nations people from Canada; A line up of experts has been selected to run an Independent Board of Inquiry to consider if a major Waikato-Tainui development should go ahead; The Treaty lawyer, Paul Majurey, is taking a seat on the Board of Te Papa Tongarewa, the Museum of New Zealand.