Manu Korihi News for 24 August 2012

Whanganui river descendants are running out of time to give their feedback about their iwi's Treaty claims, so the tribe can press ahead and reach a settlement with the Crown; Some Maori leaders have travelled to Wellington today for the release of a Waitangi Tribunal report into water rights; The man temporarily heading a Wellington iwi says he has no idea how long he'll be filling in for the Chairman, who's stepped aside while a financial inquiry is carried out into another Maori body; Chile's envoy to New Zealand says a student exchange with Maori will help to keep the traditional culture of indigenous Easter Islanders alive.