Manu Korihi News for 9 December 2011

The Project Manager of an award winning health initiative in Hawke's Bay, says there's been an unexpected benefit for many Maori families in the Hastings suburb of Flaxmere; The Meatworkers' Union hopes new talks will mean staff from a central North Island lamb processing plant can get back to work by Christmas; The largest South Island iwi says it's likely to be three to four years before it will be able to move back to its headquarters in central Christchurch.