Te Manu Korihi News for 2 December 2011

Te Arawa people want a local council iwi advisory committee decision on whether Rotorua mayor should continue to chair the group; Whanau Ora, freshwater and the sale of shares in state-owned assets will be on the agenda when the Iwi Chairs Forum meet in Kaikoura early next week; The police force in a small American city is to undergo cultural training - after an officer pepper sprayed a crowd of Polynesians performing a haka; Webbs Auction House in Auckland expects negotiations over the purchase of New Zealand's only privately owned Maori meeting house, to continue well into next week.