Te Manu Korihi News for 14 August 2015

The former chairperson of Ngāpuhi, Sonny Tau, is still eyeing up a leadership position in the iwi after stepping aside in July over the kererū incident; Ngāti Te Whiti presented the HMNZS Endeavour with a new Symbol of Command at an emotional ceremony in New Plymouth today; The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults winner of the best non -fiction says she hopes her book about the Rena oil spill in Tauranga will help Maori by to get the wreck off the reef.