13 Jun 2013

Te Manu Korihi News for 13 June 2013

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 13 June 2013

The Maori Party MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, wants all Maori to be automatically listed on the Maori electoral roll; It's been ruled that an iwi of Te Arawa waka doesn't have eligible ownership rights to Rotorua land returned to the tribe by the Crown, including the popular geothermal tourist centre, Te Puia; An environmental scientist warns that tangata whenua are going to loose longfin eels - a customary treasure - because of commercial fishing; The Government says it's taking steps to ensure its Treaty settlement promises to iwi are not broken.