Te Manu Korihi News for 18 September 2014

A kaupapa Maori drug rehabilitation programme wants money being seized from criminals to be put back into all community groups, not only government agencies; A west Auckland community leader, says a newly opened Waitemata Community Law Centre in west Auckland is essential because its helping tangata whenua to know their legal rights; A South Island based Maori seafood company is reporting a boom in the export of mussels this season following a poor spell last year due drought conditions; The central plateau iwi of Ngati Rangi has a new chief executive, who wants to grow the tribe's potential once its settlement is signed off.