Te Waonui for week ending Friday 27 October 2017

Maori MPs are set to hold 18 ministerial portfolios in the new Labour led government - including a newly created portfolio focusing on the post-treaty settlement period; The country have commemorated New Zealand's Wars for the first time with the focus on the Northern Wars where the conflicts began soon after the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori owners of Poroti springs near Whangarei have run out patience in the battle for control of their water.