5 Jun 2014

Te Manu Korihi News for 5 June 2014

From Morning Report, 6:27 am on 5 June 2014

An iwi leader is calling an Asia New Zealand Foundation survey mischievous and subversive, for asking Maori to say what New Zealanders think of Asians; There's a call to reserve positions on the Waitangi National Trust Board for descendants of four significant Maori figures; Voting closes today for kaumatua-kuia and urban representatives on the Ngapuhi negotiatiating body, Tuhoronuku; New Zealand Post has released this year's Maori Arts coin and stamp collection, dipicting the legend of the earth mother, Papatuanuku and Ranginui the sky father; A north Taranaki tribe Te Atiawa says it's time to embrace the spirit of forgiveness, with the initialling of its deed of settlement.