Manu Korihi News for 19 September 2012

Whanganui Iwi say they will be using the Crown's consultation hui today over freshwater rights to reinforce its Treaty claims over the Whanganui River; Meanwhile, a South Waikato Iwi, Ngati Raukawa, says the Maori King asked Tainui Iwi not to attend last night's government consultation hui on water rights; The Auditor General's office says it is not able to investigate the funding process of Te Raukura, known as Te Wharewaka o Poneke, on the Wellington waterfront; A traditional Maori navigator says his crew is being lead by the forces of nature as they sail across the South Pacific Ocean retracing the ancient voyages of their tupuna.