Te Manu Korihi News for 28 August 2013

The Public Health Association has given itself until 2017 to eradicate racism it says is in the sector; The north Waikato marae hosting hearings for Fonterra's new open cast coal mine says it is strongly against the proposal; The organisers of a Blenheim kapa haka competition rudely cut short by a major earthquake earlier this month - have made a decision not to re-run the event; A Maori digital artist says the crowds in Times Square who saw his kowhaiwhai patterns displayed on New York skyscrapers were blown away, and he's looking forward to his next challenge.