Te Manu Korihi News for 29 May 2014

It's emerged - resistance to the sale of the Crafar farms to the Chinese bank, Sino, strained cultural relations with Maori; MPs have been told hotels and retirement villages could go up on the treaty estate at Waitangi if the Trust Board is given more power to lease the land; The head of a Maori development business is encouraging the creation of a specific Maori brand to tap into the international market; The government wants a new sign language advisory body to explore ways of helping hearing impaired tangata whenua become more involved on the Marae.