Manu Korihi News for 27 September 2012

The chief negotiator for Tuhoe believes few people have attended the government organised hui on Maori water rights because they feel nothing will be gained from going; Ngai Tahu has bounced back from last year's net profit slump - posting a six-fold increase of nearly 100 million dollars in one year; Iwi in Rotorua are angered by the chainsaw vandalism of a geothermal landmark in Waiotapu, that had only just been restored; The Qualifications Authority is putting whanau at the centre of its strategy to enable Maori to do better at school.