Te Manu Korihi News for 23 February 2015

Most motels near Hagley Park in Christchurch are either booked out or have limited accommodation - a week out from Te Matatini - the national kapa haka festival; Meanwhile...Ngai Tahu families are hosting hundreds of visitors coming for the National Kapa Haka Festival in their own homes; And in another development, the mauri (life) of Te Matatini was today passed over to the host region; If you call triple-one in Gisborne, you could get a response in two languages.