Manu Korihi News for 26 August 2011

The Maori Party say it's not phased by criticism by the Tai Tokerau MP, Hone Harawira, which the caucus says is just Hone being Hone; A Whangarei Whanau Ora manager says the high cost of power and food is driving more elderly people to seek help; A Whangarei kuia says the Ngunguru sandspit may now be safe from development - but land south of the spit needs protection too; An American boutique brewery has created a beer called Maori King - and says it didn't know there is a Maori monarch.