24 Feb 2015

Te Manu Korihi News for 24 February 2015

From Te Manu Korihi, 6:46 pm on 24 February 2015

A Porirua-based tribe says New Zealanders need to understand why wāhi tapu, or sacred sites are claimed by iwi in their Treaty settlements. A new partnership between AgResearch and a big Maori land manager is promising to open doors into scientific research for tangata whenua; Sixty thousand dollars is up for grabs on the Kapiti Coast for projects that develop Maori economic activity; The Maori and Regional Planning committee in Hawke's Bay is asking for a working group to be set up to review the engagement of tangata whenua values in the council.