Manu Korihi News for 28 February 2012

The Campus Director of Tairawhiti Polytech in Gisborne, says merging with the Napier based Eastern Institute of Technology, has provided huge benefits for Maori wanting a tertiary or trades qualification; A proposed law change to boost environmental controls over oil and gas exploration companies has attracted 129 submissions; Nelson ratepayers will have the chance in just over two months, to decide whether or not a Maori ward will be created in time for the 2013 local government elections; A Maori carved Rimu post - measuring about one-point-three metres high - has returned to New Zealand after being abroad for more than a century.