Te Manu Korihi News for 12 July 2013

Te Arawa has secured a meeting with New Zealand Petroleum and Mineral officials to discuss tendering out permits for mineral exploration within its rohe; The Waitangi Tribunal has heard that pipi beds in Whangaroa harbour were deliberately poisoned to make way for oyster farming; Waikato Tainui is this morning commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Waikato Land Wars; A Ngai Tuhoe leader suggests public pressure could sway politicians to reconsider launching a new inquiry into the 2007 Te Urewera police raids.