Manu Korihi News for 25 October 2012

Maori have been cut out of deciding what the budget should be for Auckland Council; Te Whakatohea rangatira, Mokomoko, and his family are finally due to have their mana restored by legislation; The Port of Tauranga says a Bay of Plenty hapu is appealing in the Court of Appeal plans to deepen and widen the city's harbour; A new survey is to be conducted by Statistics New Zealand that will ask Maori questions about the health and happiness their whanau.