Manu Korihi News for 12 September 2011

The Maori Council is considering stopping an expelled member from representing it on the Crown Forestry Rentals Trust; Ngapuhi's master navigator Hekenukumai Busby says he can't find enough big trees to keep building waka; The associate Minister of Health, Tariana Turia, says whanau in the north need to be on high alert for symptoms of meningitis; A week out from the grand opening of an eastern Bay of Plenty meeting house - said to have been fit for Queen Victoria - the Ngati Awa tribe has already held a blessing ceremony for other parts of the marae complex.