Te Manu Korihi News for 8 July 2013

A Ngati Hine leader says the divisions that have paralysed the Crown Forestry Rental Trust are a disaster for Ngapuhi; A researcher at Victoria University studying the migration patterns of Maori to and from Australia, predicts the flow of New Zealanders crossing the Tasman will start slowing down soon; A lawyer specialising in natural resources says iwi will have more power to influence planning decisions - if they secure marine rights to sections of the country's coastline; A south Taranaki iwi says both the roll and the morale have lifted at a local kura, nearly a year after the tribe won its battle to have a non-Te Reo Maori speaking commissioner removed from the school.