Manu Korihi News for 14 June 2012

Netball will be used to encourage wahine to live healthily and cut down on the amount of alcohol they're drinking; A Far North iwi is standing by its plans to refuse land access to companies that want to explore parts of Northland for metallic minerals; An Australian police officer from Ngati Kuri says Maori are phoning her direct for help because they're too shy to call the police station; A prominent Ngai Tahu elder is being reunited with his precious tokotoko, or carved walking stick.