Well-respected Nga_puhi elder Hone Pereki Sadler has been elected the new chairman of Tu_horonuku, the mandate authority for the Ngapuhi treaty settlement; Ngapuhi hapu who boycotted the Tuhoronuku mandate are feeling vindicated after the Waitangi Tribunal upheld their objections; The Maori rights advocate, Marama Davidson, will join the Green Party as it's 14th MP when the former co-leader Russel Normal leaves Parliament.