8 Feb 2012

Manu Korihi News for 8 February 2012

From Checkpoint, 5:47 pm on 8 February 2012

The President of the New Zealand Jewish Council isn't backing down over his reaction to holocaust comments made by a Taranaki language lecturer; The head of the commercial arm of Te Pumautanga o Te Arawa Trust says many iwi are keen to invest in state asset shares - but not at the expense of losing treaty provisions in SOE legislation; An effort to fill a critical shortage of expert te reo Maori teachers has been given a boost by Massey University with a new four-year Maori immersion teaching degree; The Corrections Department is delighted with the support of employers in Hawke's Bay to give Maori inmates in a rehabilitation and re-integration unit, the opportunity of a job.