Te Manu Korihi News for 18 July 2014

The Waitangi Tribunal has found the Crown failed to protect Maori rights over the Otaiti reef, during a consent bid to leave the Rena wreckage where it is; The Mana Party leader says he's bitterly disappointed with the Government's response to whanau Maori who have been affected by the Northland Floods; More than 60-percent of submissions are against an application to mine the seabed near, Rekohu - the Chatham Islands; The Maori Language Commission is calling on social media users to swamp twitter with messages in Te Reo Rangatira.