Manu Korihi News for 17 August 2012

Whanganui river iwi say they will be talking with the Corrections Department about the serial rapist Stewart Murray Wilson being moved to the outskirts of the city; The government's plan to sell shares in state owned assets is being likened to killing the goose that lays the golden egg; Traditional Maori methods of navigation will be used to guide two waka hourua to Rapanui, or Easter Island - when the double hulled sailing canoes leave Auckland this morning; The Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency has registered what it calls a huge shift in New Zealanders' attitudes to support Maori language initiatives.