22 Jul 2011

Manu Korihi News for 22 July 2011

From Checkpoint, 5:49 pm on 22 July 2011

The Labour MP Parekura Horomia has paid tribute to the former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister, Whetu Tirikatene Sullivan who has died at the age of 79. The biggest tribe in the country is deadlocked over how to handle its assive treaty claim and appears to be headed for the High Court. A former head of the Tainui-Waikato Parliament says a meeting today between King Tuheitia and the dissident Fiji colonel, Tevita Mara - was held out of respect.