Te Manu Korihi News for 23 July 2014

The Maori Language Commission is calling on the MetService to start using the correct spelling of Whanganui. A Moriori leader believes funding for a new museum on the Chathams would be better spent saving the last remaining sacred trees that have ancient Moriori carvings on them from further decimation. The tribal and charitable arms of Ngati Porou have reached an agreement with Contact Energy that they hope will help pay the power bills for 50 marae.