Te Manu Korihi News for 29 May 2014

Hotels and retirement villages could go up on the treaty estate at Waitangi if the Trust Board is given more power to lease the land; It's emerged - resistance to the sale of the Crafar farms to the Chinese bank, Sino, strained cultural relations with Maori; The head of a Maori development business is encouraging the creation of a specific Maori brand to tap into the international market; The government wants a new sign language advisory body to explore ways to help hearing impaired tangata whenua become more involved on the Marae.