A Taranaki tribe is accusing the Environmental Protection Authority of failing to engage with the region's iwi; A Treaty lawyer says the Crown's approach to recognising Maori water rights is no better than its handling of foreshore and seabed claims; Heritage New Zealand says a request by a Motiti Island hapu for the Astrolabe - Otaiti Reef to become a waahi tapu is not on its priority list right now; A kuia says she's changed her mind about the local council in the King Country after it introduced a free driving course for rangatahi.