Te Manu Korihi News for 22 January 2014

The new Maori leader of the conservation group Forest and Bird says the continued push by iwi into dairy farming is a big environmental issue; A lower North Island iwi leader wants his tribe to design a kaumatua earthquake response plan for each street within his tribal boundary in Porirua, north of Wellington; A Ngati Kahungunu Maori craftsman, who's carved post was attacked with a chainsaw, suggests the works could be protected by using hidden cameras; Maori tertiary students who can whakapapa to a World War One veteran are being encouraged to apply for scholarships.