Te Manu Korihi News for 15 May 2013

Te Taitokerau is conducting its own research about the impacts of mining, saying there may be benefits yet to be realised by Iwi and Hapu; A behind-the-scenes disagreement at a Waitangi Tribunal hearing funding provider remains unresolved; Maori Party MPs are vowing to support Hone Harawira's feed the kids bill, even though the party's co-leader, Tariana Turia, is putting forward a different solution to tackle the problem; A Ngapuhi businessman based in New South Wales says Maori migration to Australia is merely a continuation of what his Polynesian ancestors started more than a thousand years ago.