Manu Korihi News for 30 April 2012

A professor of Maori language and customs is commending the Trade Minister, Tim Groser, for calling for people to learn Te Reo Maori before Mandarin; A Maori Trust on the Chatham Islands will make a decision tonight, as to when its housing project for families and kaumatua will be officially opened; Organisers of Waikato University's fourth annual Kingitanga Day, say the theme of this year's event is leadership; For the next month, Nelson city council ratepayers will be voting on whether their elected body should include a Maori ward.