Te Manu Korihi News for 3 September 2013

A Rotorua Mayoral candidate's idea to replace the local District Council with a tribal council is being described by a Te Arawa elder as ineffective; The former Labour MP John Tamihere, says he's still undecided on his own political future, but says if Shane Jones becomes party leader he could become more involved; The Northern District's Cricket Association says its Maori squad will break new ground for Maori cricket on its first overseas campaign this month; The supreme award winner of this year's national creative Maori Arts award says he sold his first painting when he was just nine years old.