Manu Korihi News for 28 August 2012

A court's heard a Maori welfare provider lost a Government contract after a poor assessment by a Crown agent with no experience in social services; The Crown's promising to deliver better services to the people of Tuhoe; A Maori school board trustee is urging the Ministry of Education to listen to parents' concerns before shutting down their school for children with special needs at the top of the South Island; A Maori clinical psychology student, who has just received a thirty thousand dollar scholarship, says she plans to go home to Horowhenua and put her studies into practice.