23 Sep 2011

Manu Korihi News for 23 September 2011

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 23 September 2011

The Westpac bank has responded quickly to a complaint by a Far North trust working to save Maori homes from mortgagee sales; The chair of the Waikato-Tainui executive has called for the iwi's Parliament to postpone a scheduled meeting - following the death of a great elder, Whatumoana Paki; The Mana Party has chosen a former oil rig worker and a honey maker as its candidate to contest the Eastern Maori seat of Te Ikaroa Rawhiti; Kerikeri is turning on a special welcome for the Tongan Rugby World Cup team this Sunday.