Te Manu Korihi News for 22 August 2013

Waikato-Tainui is hosting a national hui on Maori water rights this morning; The Mana Party says it fully expects its caucus will be targeted by the government's spy bureau, now that it's powers have been expanded; The government's been swamped with submissions on the controversial Ngapuhi mandate; An iwi with ties to both sides of Cook Strait, Ngati Toa, has defended its claim to an island off the Wellington coast, despite opposition from the locals.