Te Mana o Ngati Rangitihi Trust has announced that the Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations and Minister for Maori Development have recognised its mandate; The Maori Language Advisory Group is proposing changes to parts of the Te Reo Maori Bill to address concerns by tangata whenua; Two fisheries are joining to form the largest Maori-owned lobster processing business in the country; The campaign to stop Westpac from closing its branch in Ruatoria has intensified with 150 residents attending a hui last night to discuss the proposal.