Manu Korihi News for 4 October 2012

The Rotorua District Council is being accused of mistreating residents in the suburb of Ngapuna, where a refuse transfer station is proposed; One of the directors of an international environmental organisation, says an exhibition about the Kermadec Islands which opens today at the Wellington City Gallery, reconnects New Zealanders to the Pacific Ocean; An Auckland mission says its initiative which allows Maori and Pasifika teenage students to live in a hostel it runs, so they can attend one of the country's top secondary schools, is working well.