Manu Korihi News for 24 February 2012

The responsibility for instilling the values of tikanga Maori in all the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade staff could rest with a single Maori cultural adviser; The Government's intention to keep what is calls 'concepts' of Te Tiriti O Waitangi in new State Owned Enterprises legislation is being called 'vague' by a kuia; After 16 years of Waitangi Treaty claim preparations, Trustees of Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa-Tamaki Nui a Rua, are holding a series of hui seeking a mandate to formally begin negotiations with the Crown; A delegation of more than 20 people from various streams of Maoridom leave Auckland tomorrow for Haridwar in India, to attend an international conference for elders of ancient traditions and cultures.