20 Jul 2011

Manu Korihi News for 20 July 2011

From Checkpoint, 6:47 pm on 20 July 2011

A Ngati Porou leader says the ACT Party leader is trying to buy Maori votes by comparing his party's values to those of the late Sir Apirana Ngata. The Rongowhakaata iwi says the main focus of their treaty settlement package being signed today will start the return of their confiscated ancestral meeting house, which is being held at Te Papa Tongarewa. A Ngati Koata man whose people are traditional kaitiaki of the tuatara says he's alarmed the animal's name has been used to brand a car.