Te Manu Korihi News for 25 January 2013

long-time objector to the use of a possum control poison has lost his latest legal attempt to stop a Maori organisation using the chemical called 1080; The formal part of the Ratana Church celebrations near Whanganui are winding down now with the morehu or church members who are at the moment holding their last worship service; A doctor in Kaitaia says he's joined a private inquiry into how to stop child abuse and domestic violence - because it has nothing to do with the Government; Maori culture will be explored in a series of seminars to help people learn how to prevent suicide among Maori.